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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449945703321

Autore

Peters Allan

Titolo

State Enterprise Zone Programs [[electronic resource] ] : Have They Worked?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4175-2443-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FisherPeter

Disciplina

307.3/42

Soggetti

Enterprise zones

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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