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The Partisan Dimension of Economic Development Policy:
The Adoption and Expansion of State Enterprise Programs

In this paper, we seek to examine how partisan control of state government affects the passage and implementation of economic development policies, specifically enterprise zones? Although considerable scholarly attention has been devoted to assessing the economic impact of enterprise zones, no research has been conducted on why the use of enterprise zones as a tool of state economic development has developed differently across states that use the policy. In this paper, we examine how partisan, institutional, and socio-economic factors affect the passage and implementation of state enterprise zone policies. We hypothesize that greater Democratic control of state government and worsening economic conditions will increase the likelihood that states will enact enterprise zone laws that can potentially benefit low-income communities. However, greater Republican control, less bureaucratic capacity/centralization, and improving economic conditions will lead the state to increase the number of enterprise zones, thereby, undermining the targeting of the program and subsidizing economic development in more affluent areas.

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Cassell, Mark. and Turner, Robert. "The Impact of State Institutions on the Targeting of State Economic Development Policies and How It Matters: The Case of Enterprise Zones" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel, New Orleans, LA, Jan 08, 2004 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p68126_index.html>

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Cassell, M. and Turner, R. , 2004-01-08 "The Impact of State Institutions on the Targeting of State Economic Development Policies and How It Matters: The Case of Enterprise Zones" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel, New Orleans, LA Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p68126_index.html

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Abstract: The Partisan Dimension of Economic Development Policy:
The Adoption and Expansion of State Enterprise Programs

In this paper, we seek to examine how partisan control of state government affects the passage and implementation of economic development policies, specifically enterprise zones? Although considerable scholarly attention has been devoted to assessing the economic impact of enterprise zones, no research has been conducted on why the use of enterprise zones as a tool of state economic development has developed differently across states that use the policy. In this paper, we examine how partisan, institutional, and socio-economic factors affect the passage and implementation of state enterprise zone policies. We hypothesize that greater Democratic control of state government and worsening economic conditions will increase the likelihood that states will enact enterprise zone laws that can potentially benefit low-income communities. However, greater Republican control, less bureaucratic capacity/centralization, and improving economic conditions will lead the state to increase the number of enterprise zones, thereby, undermining the targeting of the program and subsidizing economic development in more affluent areas.

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The Partisan Dimension of Economic Development Policy: The Adoption and Expansion of State Enterprise Programs Robert C. Turner Government Department 315 Ladd Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Mark Cassell Department of Political Science Kent State University Kent Ohio 44242 mcassell@kent.edu Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the SouthernPolitical Science Association January 6-10 2004 INTRODUCTION Since the 1970s economic development has maintained a central place in the policy and political concerns of state governments (Herzik 1983
431-43. Barry and Margaret Wilder Rubin. "Urban Enterprise Zones: Employment Impacts and Fiscal Incentives " Journal of the American Planning Assoication 55 (4 1989): 418-31. Gene Simons. "Industrial Extension and Innovation" in Lewis Branscomb ed. Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Strategy (Cambridge: MIT Press 1993). Perverill Squire. "Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures " Legislative Studies Quarterly 17 (1 1992): 69-79. Margaret and Barry Rubin Wilder. "Rhetoric Versus Reality: A Review of Studies of State Enterprise Zone


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