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Getting to the Bottom Line on Low-interest Loans to Business: An Evaluation of the Small Cities Economic Development Programme in Minnesota

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  • M. E. Dewar
  • B. Hagenlocker

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DEWAR M. E. and HAGENLOCKER B. (1996) Getting to the bottom line on low-interest loans to business: an evaluation of the Small Cities Economic Development Programme in Minnesota, Reg. Studies 30, 41-54. American local elected officials and planners commonly use low-interest loan programmes to attempt to promote economic growth and to encourage economic activity in distressed areas, but evaluations disagree about the programmes' effectiveness. This study's method reduces overestimation of economic growth (measured by job creation) and changes the estimation of costs to correct problems of past evaluations. When the method is applied to a Minnesota loan programme, the results show the programme created jobs at a wide range of costs, but many for less than $5,000 per job. Many of the jobs paid low wages, and the programme probably lowered earnings per job in the state. Further, the programme did redistribute some jobs to distressed areas, although it did not favour such areas. DEWAR M. E. et HAGENLOCKER B. (1996) Decouvrir la verite des prets commerciaux a taux faible: une evaluation du programme de developpement economique visant les petites villes situees dans le Minnesota, Reg. Studies 30, 41-54. Aux Etats-Unis les elus et les planificateurs locaux se servent generalement des programmes de prets a taux faible afin de tenter de promouvoir la croissance economique et de stimuler l'activite economique dans les zones defavorisees, toujours est-il que les evaluations ne concordent pas sur l'efficacite des programmes. La methode employee dans cette etude reduit la surestimation de la croissance economique (mesuree en termes de la creation d'emplois) et modifie l'estimation des couts pour corriger les problemes des evaluations anterieures. Une fois que la methode se voit appliquer au programme de prets dans le Minnesota, les resultats laissent voir que le programme a cree des emplois a salaires variables, dont beaucoup a moins de $5,000 par emploi. Beaucoup des emplois etaient faiblement remuneres et il est probable que le programme a fini par baisser les gains par emploi dans l'etat. En outre, le programme a reussi a redistribuer quelques emplois aux zones defavorisees bien qu'il n'ait pas favorise de telles zones. DEWAR M. E. und HAGENLOCKER B. (1996) Das Fazit von Niedrigzinsdarlehen an die Geschaftswelt: eine Einschatzung des Wirtschaftsentwicklungsprogramms in Kleinstădten Minnesotas, Reg. Studies 30, 41-54. Amerikanische, demokratisch gewahlte Ortsbehorden und Planer bedienen sich oft Programmen mit Niedrigzinzdarlehen, wenn sie versuchen, dem Wirtschaftswachstum zu grosserem Erfolg zu verhelfen, und wirtschaftliche Tatigkeit in Notstandsgebieten zu fordern, aber Einschatzungen der Programme sind sich uber ihre Wirksamkeit nicht einig. Diese Studie geht die Frage durch Herabsetzen der Uberschatzung des Wortschaftswachstums an, und andert die Schatzung der Kosten ab, um die Probleme fruherer Einschatzungen zu korrigieren. Bei Anwendung dieser Methode auf das Darlehensprogramm in Minnesota zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass die Kosten fur so geschaffene Arbeitsplatze breit gefachert waren, doch viele weniger als US $5,000 kosteten. Die Lohne waren in manchen Arbeitsplatzen niedrig, und das Programm wirkte sich wahrscheinlich dahin aus, dass der Verdienst per Arbeitsplatz im Staate fiel. Das Program sorgte jedoch ausserdem fur eine Umverteilung von Arbeitsplatzen zu Notstandsgebieten, obwohl es diese nicht bevorzugt bedachte.

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  • M. E. Dewar & B. Hagenlocker, 1996. "Getting to the Bottom Line on Low-interest Loans to Business: An Evaluation of the Small Cities Economic Development Programme in Minnesota," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 41-54.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:30:y:1996:i:1:p:41-54
    DOI: 10.1080/00343409612331349468
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    1. Timothy J. Bartik, 1991. "Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies?," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number wbsle, November.
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