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Federal Environmental Regulation Impacts on Local Economic Growth and Stability 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
Federal environmental regulations under the Clean Air Act affect employment as local economies respond to a changing regulatory environment. We analyze the net employment growth and employment stabili...
The Historical Roots of Tax Increment Financing, or How Real Estate Consultants Kept Urban Renewal Alive 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
Scholars often explain the rise of tax increment financing (TIF) as a natural progression toward localized revenue sources born of devolution, increased interlocal competition for business investment,...
Productivity Effects on the Wage Premium of Mexican Maquiladoras 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
The wage premium between skilled and unskilled workers in Mexican maquiladoras has increased, from nearly 2 times in 1981 to nearly 4 or 5 times in 2006, depending on the sector. This increase favorin...
Arts and Crafts: Critical to Economic Innovation 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
Governments, schools, and other nonprofit organizations are engaged in critical budget decisions that may affect our economic development success. The assumption is that arts and crafts are dispensabl...
Airport Runway Capacity and Economic Development: A Panel Data Analysis of Metropolitan Statistical Areas 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
Using an aggregate production function, the impact of runways at commercial airports on several measures of metropolitan statistical areas’ economic welfare in combination with labor, private capital,...
State Energy-Based Economic Development Policies and Examples 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
States have adopted various policies and initiatives to develop and/or expand their energy industries, many of which have been driven by economic development purposes rather than specific energy or en...
Greater Access to Capital Is Needed to Unleash the Local Economic Development Potential of Minority-Owned Businesses 16 Jul 2013 | 03:58 pm
Limited access to financing restricts the ability of minority business enterprises (MBEs) to achieve viability, to generate new jobs, and, generally, to reach their full potential to contribute to the...
