The contributors discuss alternative methods of financing state and local economic development, including the role of venture capital in urban development, the

This report discusses the findings from a mail survey of local government economic development activities that was sent to all 540 municipalities and 100 counti

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State charts the development of state and local government initiatives to influence the market and strengthen economic developme

Economist David Merriman of the University of Illinois at Chicago reviews more than 30 individual studies in the most comprehensive assessment of tax increment

Comprises 17 papers which explore alternative ways of financing local economic development. Discusses the various goals of economic development that communities