Implicit regional economic goals and objectives: A study of U.S. development programs

Authors

Peter V. Schaeffer, West Virginia UniversityFollow
Randall Jackson, West Virginia UniversityFollow
Eric Bowen, West Virginia UniversityFollow

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

6-7-2018

Document Number

Working Paper Number 2018-06

Abstract

At the present time, U.S. regional economic development policies tend to be focused on sectors, infrastructure, human capital, innovation capability, or to be problem oriented, and only a few programs can be described as being place-based. In this paper, we are looking at major federal regional development programs to deduce their combined implicit place-based goals and objectives. Because the U.S. seems to be relatively unique among OECD countries in its scant use of place-based policies, we compare the United States to, in particular, Canada to gain further insights into the reasons for and potential effects of such policy differences.

Digital Commons Citation

Schaeffer, Peter V.; Jackson, Randall; and Bowen, Eric, "Implicit regional economic goals and objectives: A study of U.S. development programs" (2018). Regional Research Institute Working Papers. 40.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/rri_pubs/40