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The Rationale for Enterprise Zones

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  • Peter J. Ferrara

    (White house staff as a senior staff member in thc Office of Policy Development)

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Federal, state and local governments have spent literally hundreds of billions of dollars in the past two decades to solve the nation's urban problems. Yet these problems are now far worse than when these efforts began. It is merely to state the obvious to say that these efforts, taken collectively, have not been successful in achieving their broadest goal of urban revitalization...

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  • Peter J. Ferrara, 1982. "The Rationale for Enterprise Zones," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 361-371, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:cto:journl:v:2:y:1982:i:2:p:361-371
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    1. Hooton, Christopher Alex, 2019. "The application of micro-geographic economic analysis in urban policy evaluation," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 125-135.

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    Keywords

    enterprise zone; urban planning; zoning; free markets; urban revitalization; free markets; economic growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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