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Policy Debates Analysis of US Economic Development Administration Expenditure Patterns over 30 Years

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  • Amy Glasmeier
  • Lawrence Wood

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Glasmeier A. and Wood L. (2005) Analysis of US economic development administration expenditure patterns over 30 years, Regional Studies 39 , 1261-1274. Many of the classic regional development programmes have been criticized for being ineffective and failing to meet their intended goals. A fact that is often overlooked in such assessments is that policy programmes are living entities that unfold in history. As a result, their efficacy is contingent. The US Economic Development Administration provides an excellent case study for exploring the challenges facing policies designed to reconcile inequality either between individuals or across locations. The history of the agency presents a cautionary tale of the prospects and pitfalls associated with policy interventions that are pulled in opposing directions: improve conditions for distressed locations but without providing the resources necessary to accomplish the task and legitimize the overall effort by setting the designation criteria so loosely that almost any place qualifies as a distressed county.

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  • Amy Glasmeier & Lawrence Wood, 2005. "Policy Debates Analysis of US Economic Development Administration Expenditure Patterns over 30 Years," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(9), pages 1261-1274.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:39:y:2005:i:9:p:1261-1274
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400500390081
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    1. Chester J. Straub Jr. & Kelly Robinson, 2000. "Response to Thornburgh and Hill: The Federal Role in Economic Development," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 14(3), pages 257-266, August.
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    1. Gebremeskel Gebremariam & Tesfa Gebremedhin & Peter Schaeffer, 2012. "County-level determinants of local public services in Appalachia: a multivariate spatial autoregressive model approach," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 49(1), pages 175-190, August.
    2. Kwideok Han & Brian Whitacre & Inbae Ji, 2020. "Estimating the Impacts of EDA Public Works Program Investments on County Employment," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 34(3), pages 283-293, August.
    3. Peter Schaeffer & Randall Jackson & Eric Bowen, 2018. "Implicit Regional Economic Goals and Objectives: A Study of U.S. Development Programs," Working Papers Working Paper 2018-06, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.
    4. Ann Markusen & Amy Glasmeier, 2008. "Overhauling and Revitalizing Federal Economic Development Programs," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 22(2), pages 83-91, May.

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    Keywords

    Development policy; Distress; Inequality; Poverty politics; Politique de developpement; Sinistres; Inegalite; Politique de la pauvrete; Entwicklungspolitik; Elend; Ungleichheit; Armutspolitik; Desarrollo politico; Dificultad; Desigualdad; Politica de la pobreza; JEL classifications: H0; N0; O1; R1;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • N0 - Economic History - - General
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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