State Enterprise Zone Programs : Have They Worked?

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Allan.

Contributor:

Fisher, Peter S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enterprise zones.

Local Subjects:

Enterprise zones.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001.

Summary:

Enterprise zones have been part of American urban policy for over 20 years. In this book, the authors (urban and regional planning, the University of Iowa) use a hypothetical firm methodology to measure the value of enterprise zone incentives to business, involving construction of a set of financial statements for typical firms and application of tax code and incentives to those firms. They briefly discuss this model (with technical information on the model included in an appendix), and look at the results of enterprise zone programs in place in 13 states. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Enterprise Zones and Economic-Development Policy; 3 - How Valuable Are Zone Incentives to Firms?; 4 - How Taxes and Incentives Favor One Industry over Another and Capital over Labor; 5 - The Fiscal Effects of Incentives; 6 - Manufacturing Growth and Decline in Enterprise Zones; 7 - Enterprise Zones, Incentives, and Local Economic Growth; 8 - Enterprise Zones and Access to Employment; 9 - Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; Appendix A: Details of the TAIM(ez) Model

Appendix B: Do High-Unemployment Places Have Lower Business Taxes? A Comparison of Results from TAIM and TAIM(ez)Appendix C: The Tax Elasticity of Employment and Fiscal Break-Even; Appendix D: The SSEL Data; Appendix E: Translating Enterprise Zone Boundaries and Tax Characteristics of Zones; Appendix F: Detailed Results; Appendix G: Gravity-Based Commuting Models; Appendix H: Enterprise Zones and Commuting; References; The Authors; Subject Index; About the Institute

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4175-2443-X

OCLC:

923516137