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Untargeted Incentives and Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Local Fiscal Policies and Small Businesses in Florida

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  • Hai Guo

    (Florida International University)

  • Shaoming Cheng

    (Florida International University)

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of local taxes and local fiscal expenditures on small businesses in Florida. Our analysis sheds light on the linkage between small business development and local fiscal decisions, which seem to have no obvious or direct connection with targeted business assistance and incentives. Spatial panel regression models are calibrated with county-level tax, expenditure, and social and economic factors for the period of 2008-2013. The estimation results suggest that local tax and expenditure structure and decisions affect the number of small business establishments not only in their “home†counties but also in their neighboring jurisdictions.

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  • Hai Guo & Shaoming Cheng, 2018. "Untargeted Incentives and Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Local Fiscal Policies and Small Businesses in Florida," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 48(1), pages 119-135, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:rre:publsh:v48:y:2018:i:1:p:119-135
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    1. Koirala, Samjhana & Jakus, Paul M. & Watson, Philip, 2023. "Identifying Constraints to Rural Economic Development: A Development Guidance Function Approach," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 48(3), September.
    2. Uche Oluku & Shaoming Cheng, 2021. "A Regional Analysis of the Relationship Between Housing Affordability and Business Growth," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 35(4), pages 269-286, November.
    3. Shaoming Cheng & Hai (David) Guo & Cathy Yang Liu, 2020. "Incentivized for Leveling the Playing Field: Do State Economic Incentives Compensate for High Taxes?," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 34(2), pages 101-115, May.

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    Keywords

    small business; fiscal policy; entrepreneurship;
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    JEL classification:

    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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