Search Results - subject:"Local Economic Development"

Yesterday's gains versus today's realities : lessons from 10 years of economic development practice

Osgood, Jeffery L.; Opp, Susan M.; Bernotsky, R. Lorraine - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 26 (2012) 4, pp. 334-350

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WalMart and locall economic development : a survey

Bonanno, Alessandro; Goetz, Stephan J. - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 26 (2012) 4, pp. 285-297

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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004

Tendler, Judith - 2004

activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small …-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are: * employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the … informal sector, small and medium enterprises, and workers; * the political economy of local economic-development initiatives …

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Οικονομική ανάπτυξη, ανταγωνιστικότητα και μάρκετινγκ της πόλης: η άποψη των επιχειρήσεων της πόλης της Λάρισας

METAXAS, THEODORE - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The aim of the paper is to present the connection between urban economic development, the level and the character of urban competitiveness in relation to other similar cities but also the significance of place/city marketing in territorial economic development. As studied area the city of...

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Medium size cities economic development and regional competitiveness: the case of Larissa – Volos dipole in Thessaly region of Greece

Metaxas, Theodore; Kallioras, Dimitris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the relation between cities’ economic development (local level) and regions’ competitiveness (regional level) in the region of Thessaly, Greece (the Larissa – Volos dipole case - study). The last fifteen years almost fifty non - local...

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Voting on Stadium and Arena Subsidies

Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2003

We analyze voting on subsidies for professional sports facilities in Harris County (Houston), Texas and Brown County (Green Bay), Wisconsin to learn more about voter preferences for these subsidies. The results differ somewhat between the two jurisdictions, as do the nature of the supports being...

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Wildlife-based recreation and local economic development: The case of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka

Tisdell, Clement A.; Bandara, Ranjith - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

There has been little study of the economic contribution of the wildlife-based outdoor recreation to local economic … development in developing countries. This study presents the results from a survey of a sample of shopkeepers/vendors in the …

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The Effect of Professional Sports on the Earnings of Individuals: Evidence from Microeconomic Data

Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2003

This paper explores the impact of professional sports teams and stadiums on the wages of individuals employed in several narrowly defined occupational groups in cities in the United States. The occupational groups examined are among those that proponents of public funding of professional sports...

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What Should EDA Fund?: Developing a Model for Preassessment of Economic Development Investments

Watts, Brad R.; Erickcek, George A.; Duritsky, Jacob; … - In: Economic Development Quarterly 25 (2011) 1, pp. 65-78

This article describes a comprehensive study of regionalism conducted by a joint team of economists and economic development specialists for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). The project consisted of two main activities: an examination of the factors associated with economic...

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The small is big: Craft in the inner city of Johannesburg

Ndlovu, Morgan - In: Local Economy 26 (2011) 1, pp. 43-51

craft production to inner-city regeneration, local economic development, ruralâ€“urban development, and socio …

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