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The Impact Of State Urban Enterprise Zones On Business Outcomes

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Robert T Greenbaum
John B Engberg
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Since the early 1980s, a vast majority of states have implemented enterprise zones. This paper examines the impact of zone programs in the urban areas of six states on business outcomes, the main target of zone incentives. The primary source of outcome data is the U.S. Bureau of Census' Longitudinal Research Database (LRD), which tracks manufacturing establishments over time. Matched sample and geographic comparison groups are created to measure of the impact of zone policy on employment, establishment, shipment, payroll, and capital spending outcomes. Consistent with previous research findings, the difference in difference estimates indicate that zones appears to have little impact on average. However, by exploiting the establishment-level data, the paper finds that zones have a positive impact on the outcomes of new establishments and a negative impact on the outcomes of previously existing establishments.

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Paper provided by Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau in its series Working Papers with number 98-20.

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  1. Leslie E. Papke, 1994. "Tax Policy and Urban Development: Evidence From The Indiana Enterprise Zone Program," NBER Working Papers 3945, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Boarnet, Marlon G. & Bogart, William T., 1996. "Enterprise Zones and Employment: Evidence from New Jersey," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 198-215, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Rodney Erickson & Paul Syms, 1986. "The effects of enterprise zones on local property markets," Regional Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 1-14, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Timothy J. Bartik, 2003. "Local Economic Development Policies," Staff Working Papers 03-91, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Leslie E. Papke, 1993. "What Do We Know about Enterprize Zones?," NBER Working Papers 4251, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Daniel Friedlander & David H. Greenberg & Philip K. Robins, 1997. "Evaluating Government Training Programs for the Economically Disadvantaged," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 35(4), pages 1809-1855, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Daniele Bondonio & Robert T. Greenbaum, 2003. "A comparative evaluation of spacially targeted economic revitalization programs in the European Union and the United States," ICER Working Papers 03-2003, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  2. Timothy J. Bartik, 2003. "Local Economic Development Policies," Staff Working Papers 03-91, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Timothy J. Bartik, 2002. "Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies On Local Economic Outcomes: What Has Been Done and What is Doable?," Staff Working Papers 03-89, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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