Lessons Learned and Ignored in US Place-Based Policymaking

Matthew Freedman & David Neumark
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Copyright 2026
ISBN 9780226848365
cover image, The Economics of Place-Based Policies edited by Gaubert et al.
CONFERENCE HELD November 7-8, 2024
Book: The Economics of Place-Based Policies
Book editors: Cecile Gaubert, Gordon H. Hanson & David Neumark
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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  • Matthew 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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Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking
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