- Local governments, local taxes, and incentivizing economic growth
For decades, debates on economic growth have largely focused on national policies: monetary policy, trade policy, industrial policy, labor markets, or macroeconomic stability. Yet, economic activity does not occur in an institutional vacuum: businesses operate in places, workers live in communities, and infrastructure is built locally. And a growing body of research suggests that local […]
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