Do place-based policies matter?
Do place-based policies matter?
- March 2, 2015
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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From the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:
Place-based policies such as enterprise zones offer economic incentives to firms to
create jobs in economically challenged areas. Evidence on the effectiveness of enterprise
zones is mixed. There is no clear indication that they successfully create jobs. …
David Neumark is Chancellor’s Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for
Economics & Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2015/march/enterprise-zone-economic-incentive-tax-subsidy-place-based-policies/.
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