Lessons Learned and Ignored in US Place-Based Policymaking
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Copy CitationMatthew Freedman and David Neumark, The Economics of Place-Based Policies (University of Chicago Press, 2025), chap. 2, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economics-place-based-policies/lessons-learned-and-ignored-us-place-based-policymaking.
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