Bidding for business : the efficacy of local economic development incentives in a metropolitan area

Annotation Anderson and Wassmer (economics, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln and public policy and administration, California State U.-Sacramento, respectively) examine the use and effectiveness of local economic development incentives within a region or metropolitan area through a case examination of Detroit, Michigan. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. ""Contents"" ""Acknowledgements"" ""The Authors"" ""Preface"" ""1 -- Local Economic Development Incentives in the United States"" ""2 -- Evidence on the Influence of Local Economic Development Incentives"" ""3 -- Local Incentive Programs and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Detroit"" ""4 -- A Model for Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area"" ""5 -- Empirical Results"" ""6 -- Summary and Policy Recommendations"" ""Afterword"" ""Appendix 1 -- Regression Identification"" ""Appendix 2 -- Regression Results"" ""References"" ""Author Index"" ""Subject Index"" ""About the Institute"" John E. Anderson And Robert W. Wassmer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-219) And Indexes.