Critical evaluations of economic development policies
By: edited by Laura A. Reese and David Fasenfest.
Contributors: Reese, Laura A. 1958-.; Fasenfest, David.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Detroit [Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Economic development projects -- United States.; Regional planning -- United States.; Community development, Urban -- United States.; Local government -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and index.
Table of contents: value: Planning for a change: an assessment of EDA's local planning initiatives / David Fasenfest and Laura A. Reese; value: Do the ends justify the means? Frost, Machiavelli, and distributive outcomes for local economic development / Jill L. Tao and Richard C. Feiock; value: The local public balance sheet: an alternative evaluation methodology for local economic development / David L. Imbroscio; value: A review of alternative economic base study methods for community economic development / Jordan S. Yin; value: Can evaluation for empowerment be applied to economic development in empowerment zones? / Margaret Dewar; value: Evaluating the welfare outcomes of local economic development programs: a job-chains approach / Joseph Persky, Daniel Felsenstein, and Virginia Carlson; value: Regional economic modeling and the study of distributional issues / John C. Leatherman and David W. Marcouiller.