Approaches to Economic Development : Readings from Economic Development Quarterly

by John P. Blair

• ISBN13: 9780761918844
• ISBN10: 0761918841
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-09
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

This Reader presents a selection of articles from Economic Development Quarterly, the premier journal for practitioners and academics of local economic development. The pieces chosen cover both the breadth and the cutting edge of real world economic development practices.

Author Biography

Timothy J. Bartik is Senior Economist at the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research John J. Betancur is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning in the College of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago Thomas Bier has been Director of the Housing Policy Research Program at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University since 1982 John P. Blair is Professor of Economics at Wright State University Bridget Brown received her master's degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago Susan E. Clarke is Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder Peter B. Doeringer is Professor of Economics at Boston University William J. Drummond is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Program and Associate Director of the Georgia Tech Center for Geographic Information Systems Peter Eisinger is Professor of Urban Affairs and Director of the State Policy Center in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University Carole R. Endres is Lecturer in economics at Wright State University David Fasenfest is Associate Professor in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, and Director of the Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University Gary L. Gaile is Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder Edward G. Goetz is Associate Professor in the Housing Program at the University of Minnesota Edward W. Hill is Senior Research Scholar in the Urban Center and Professor of Urban Studies and Public Administration at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Keith R. Ihlanfeldt is Professor of Economics at and Senior Associate of the Policy Research Center at Georgia State University John D. Kasarda is Kenan Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Terrence Kayser is employed by Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Larry C. Ledebur is Director of the Urban Center, Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University Mary K. Marvel is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Management and Political Science at Ohio State University Marya Morris is Senior Research Associate at the American Planning Association in Chicago Arthur C. Nelson is Professor of City Planning and Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he holds appointments in the Colleges of Architecture, Management, and Engineering Jeremy Nowak is Founding Director of the Delaware Valley Community Reinvestment Fund Michael E. Porter is C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City David C. Ranney is Associate Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago Laura A. Reese, a political scientist, is Professor of Urban Planning in the College of Urban and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University Herbert J. Rubin is Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University David S. Sawicki is Professor of City Planning and Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and Senior Advisor for Data and Policy Analysis at the Carter Center's Atlanta Project William J. Shkurti is Vice President of Finance at Ohio State University and Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Policy and Management at OSU David Spitzley received his MPA from Wayne State University. He is currently completing an internship with the state of Michigan David G. Terkla is Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston Wilbur R. Thompson is Professor Emeritus at Wayne State University and was Albert A. Levin Scholar in Urban Studies at Cleveland State University Wim Wiewel is Professor of Urban Planning and Policy and Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago Harold Wolman is Director of the Policy Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Douglas P. Woodward is Director of Division of Research and Associate Professor of Economics at Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: STRATEGIC PARADIGMS - W R Thompson

Policy-Based Analysis for Local Economic Development - T Bartik

The Market Failure Approach to Regional Economic Development Policy - J Kasarda

City Jobs and Residents on a Collision Course

The Urban Underclass Dilemma - M Porter

New Strategies for Inner-City Economic Development

PART TWO: POLICIES AND PROGRAMS - L Ledebur and D Woodward

Adding a Stick to the Carrot

Location Incentives with Clawbacks, Rescissions and Recalibrations - K Ihlanfeldt

Ten Principles for State Tax Incentives - D Ranney and J Betancur

Labor-Force-Based Development

A Community-Oriented Approach to Targeting Job Training and Industrial Development - P Doeringer and D Terkla

Business Strategy and Cross-Industry Clusters

PART THREE: NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL EQUITY - W Wiewel, B Brown and M Morris

The Linkage between Regional and Neighborhood Development - E Hill and T Bier

Economic Restructuring

Earnings, Occupations and Housing Values in Cleveland - J Nowak

Neighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy - J Blair and C Endres

Hidden Economic Development Assets

PART FOUR: STATE AND REGIONAL ISSUES - S Clarke and G Gaile

The Next Wave

Postfederal Local Economic Development Strategies - P Eisinger

State Economic Development in the 1990s

Politics and Policy Learning - E Goetz and T Kayser

Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development

A Study of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - A Nelson with W Drummond and D Sawicki

Exurban Industrialization

Implications for Economic Development Policy

PART FIVE: POLITICS, PLANNING AND EVALUATION - H Wolman with D Spitzley

The Politics of Local Economic Development - H Rubin

Shoot Anything That Flies, Claim Anything That Falls

Conversations with Economic Development Practitioners - L Reese and D Fasenfest

What Works Best? Values and the Evaluation of Local Economic Development Policy - M Marvel and W Shkurti

The Economic Impact of Development

Honda in Ohio - J Blair and L Reese

Customization and Economic Efficiency