Previous research provides evidence that jobs and firms in U.S. metropolitan areas are concentrated in economic centers, creating a polycentric urban form. Previous research also suggests that firms realize localization economies when they locate near other firms in the same industry and...

The Job Creation Tax Credit program is one of the five Smart Growth programs initiated by the state of Maryland in 1997. Like other tax credit programs, it is a personbased program intended to create jobs; it is also, however, a place-based program in that eligibility is limited to jobs created...