State and local economic development tools : how does the range of state-level economic development tools available to a locality influence the way local resources are deployed?

Patterns in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) expenditures for economic development in selected states were analyzed to explore whether differences in economic development tools, policies and programs available at the state level influence the deployment of economic development tools at the local level, and if so, how. Though CDBG is a federal government program, because grant fund programming is largely at the discretion of local decision-makers, and consistent expenditure data is available for entitlement communities across the country.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Piercy, Brett I. (Brett Ianthe)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Karl Seidman.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59770

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/59770