Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies On Local Economic Outcomes: What Has Been Done and What is Doable?
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Note: A revised version of this paper appears in Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Assess What Works among Programmes and Policies. 2004. Paris: OECD.
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- Timothy J. Bartik, 2004. "Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies on Local Economic Outcomes: What Has Been Done and What Is Doable?," Book chapters authored by Upjohn Institute researchers, in: Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Access Waht Works Among Programmes and Policies, pages 113-142, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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Keywords
evaluation; local; regional; economic; development; Bartik; Upjohn;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2003-01-19 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-ENT-2003-01-19 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-URE-2003-01-19 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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