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Local Growth Promotion: Policy Adoption versus Effort

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  • Roger B. Hammer

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Gary P. Green

    (University of Wisconsin)

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Previous research has shown that both structural and political/organizational factors affect growth promotion. Most of these studies have neither distinguished between policy adoption and growth effort nor considered the possibility that the processes contributing to policy adoption may be different from those influencing the level of incentives used to promote growth. Based on data from local government officials in Wisconsin cities and villages, we find that structural, or economic, and political organizational factors affect economic development activity adoption to a significantly different extent and in significantly different ways. Both the adoption of activities and the level of effort expended are influenced by a community's economic structure. Political/organizational factors are more likely to influence adoption of policies than is the effort communities make at promoting growth. The results suggest that growth effort is influenced strongly by economic factors, and that policy adoption has a symbolic value that addresses political concerns.

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  • Roger B. Hammer & Gary P. Green, 1996. "Local Growth Promotion: Policy Adoption versus Effort," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 10(4), pages 331-341, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:10:y:1996:i:4:p:331-341
    DOI: 10.1177/089124249601000403
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    1. Eben Fodor, 2012. "Relationship Between Growth and Prosperity in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 26(3), pages 220-230, August.
    2. Elena GORI & Silvia FISSI, 2014. "Scoring The Default Risk Of Local Authority," Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 5(5), pages 7-25, June.

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