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What matters the most for economic development? Evidence from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

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  • Kaitlyn R. Harger
  • Amanda Ross
  • Heather M. Stephens

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Governments use incentive programmes to attract new businesses. Due to limited resources, there are questions about which incentives are most effective. Using establishment data from California, and data on the location of disbursements through two federal programmes, we consider the effectiveness of different programmes in attracting new businesses. We find that the amount of funding through the New Markets Tax Credit programme has a significant impact on business activity but find no evidence of an effect from the Community Development Financial Institutions programme. Our results suggest that the effectiveness of these programmes depends on how they provide assistance. Los gobiernos utilizan programas de incentivos para atraer nuevas empresas. Debido a la escasez de recursos, existen dudas sobre qué incentivos son más eficaces. Utilizando datos de establecimientos de California y datos sobre la ubicación de desembolsos mediante dos programas federales, se considera la eficacia de diferentes programas para atraer a nuevas empresas. Se encontró que el importe de la financiación a través del programa de Crédito Fiscal para Nuevos Mercados tiene un impacto significativo en la actividad empresarial, pero no se encontraron pruebas de que el programa de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo Comunitario haya tenido algún efecto. Nuestros resultados sugieren que la eficacia de estos programas depende de la forma en que proporcionan asistencia. 政府は新規事業者を誘導するためにインセンティブプログラムを利用する。資金源が限られているため、どのインセンティブが最も効果的かという疑問がある。カリフォルニア州の事業所データと、連邦政府による2つのプログラムによる支払地に関するデータを用いて、異なるプログラムの新規事業者を誘導する有効性を検討する。New Markets Tax Credit (新市場税額控除)プログラムにより調達された資金の額の事業活動に対する重大な影響は認められるが、Community Development Financial Institutions (コミュニティ開発金融機関)のプログラムによる影響のエビデンスは認められない。我々の結果から、インセンティブプログラムの有効性は、援助の提供のしかたに依存することが示唆される。

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  • Kaitlyn R. Harger & Amanda Ross & Heather M. Stephens, 2019. "What matters the most for economic development? Evidence from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 883-904, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:883-904
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12396
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    1. Carlianne Patrick & Heather M. Stephens, 2020. "Incentivizing the Missing Middle: The Role of Economic Development Policy," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 34(2), pages 154-170, May.
    2. Brett Theodos & Christina Stacy & Daniel Teles & Chris Davis & Ananya Hariharan, 2022. "Place‐based investment and neighborhood change: The impacts of New Markets Tax Credits on jobs, poverty, and neighborhood composition," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(4), pages 1092-1121, September.
    3. Mikhail Ivonchyk, 2022. "Local Economic Development Policies and Business Activity: Dynamic Panel Data Analysis of All County Governments in the State of Georgia," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 36(2), pages 92-107, May.

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