Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience

Anthony Briant, Miren Lafourcade and Benoit Schmutz

No 1316, CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) from CEPREMAP

Abstract: This paper demonstrates that geography matters to the effectiveness of place-based policies, using the French enterprise zone program as a case study. Using a series of indicators of spatial isolation for treated and non treated neighborhoods, we show that geographical heterogeneity determines the ability of the program to impact firms’ settlements, job creation and earnings. In particular, whereas a focus on the average impact of the program would lead to the conclusion that it mostly succeeded in displacing pre-existing firms, a lower level of spatial isolation was a clear determinant of the decision to create new firms from scratch.

Keywords: enterprise zones; spatial isolation; transportation accessibility; urban severance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H25 R34 R38 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2013-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-pub and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience (2015)
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Working Paper: Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience (2015)
Working Paper: Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience (2012)
Working Paper: Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience (2012)
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