Contribution to Book
Local Economic Development Policies
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Series
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 03-91
**Published Version**
In Management Policies in Local Finance, 5th ed., edited by Richard J. Aronson and Eli Schwartz. Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management Association, 2004, pp. 355-390. Under title Economic Development
DOI
10.17848/wp03-91
Abstract
This chapter seeks to provide useful advice for local government policy towards economic development programs. The chapter: reviews the size and scope of local economic development programs in the United States; critically analyzes the various rationales offered for these programs; makes recommendations for what local policy should do about business attraction and incentives, business retention, new business development, high technology development, brownfield development, distressed neighborhoods, and downtowns; and discusses how local economic development programs should be organized, managed, and evaluated.
Issue Date
January 2003
Disciplines
Citation Information
Bartik, Timothy J. 2003. "Local Economic Development Policies." Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 03-91. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.