How Would You Know a Good Economic Policy if You Tripped Over One? Hint: Don't Just Count Jobs

Paul Courant

National Tax Journal, 1994, vol. 47, issue 4, 863-81

Abstract: Criticizes empirical research that measures the effectiveness of state and local development and tax policy in terms of employment, business starts, and new branches. Argues that changes in the level and distribution of economic welfare are a better measurement.

Date: 1994
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