Sensible State and Local Economic Development

Urban Enterprise Zones: Employment Impacts and Fiscal Incentives

“…By so doing, the overall business climate will improve, with the result that both new and existing firms with headquarters outside the zone and looking to expand will view a site within the zone as potentially desirable. This idea is consistent with much of the theoretical literature on firm location decisions (for example, see Schmenner 1982, Kubin andZorn 1985).…”

Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities

“…For restatements of the zero-sum position, see Glickman and Woodward (1989) and Rubin and Zorn (1985). For an early discussion of the zero-sum aspect of economic development policy, see Rinehart and Laird (1972).…”

The Affordable Resources strategy and the Milieux Embeddedness strategy as alternative approaches to facilitating innovation in a knowledge-intensive industry

“…Strategies based on this perspective also tend to be based on the assumption that a policy action (e.g., a tax break or the provision of subsidized space in a technology park) will bring about the desired result (improved locally based global technological competitiveness) in a simple, direct causeand-effect manner. Reviews of programs based on this approach may be found in Blair and Premus (1987), Bridges (1965), and Rubin and Zorn (1985).…”