Research Projects
Economic Development

• Regional Governance
• Economic Development
• Land Use
• Boundaries and Forms of Government
• Institutions, Policy and Finance
• Service Delivery
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The Economic Development Project focuses on the roles of institutions, bargaining, and networks on economic development policy choices. Current research applies game theoretic, institutional rational choice and ICA frameworks to investigate development policy choices, incentive amounts and joint ventures. This project is supported by the DeVoe Moore Center and a National Science Foundation award #0214174.

DeVoe Moore Fellows Dissertation Research

• Tao, Jill Leslie. 2000. Local Economic Development Policy Instruments and Issues of Redistribution: Market versus Government Approaches to Alleviating Poverty in the State of Florida

• Park, Hyung Jun. 2005. A Collaborative Approach to Economic Development and ICA

• Hawkins, Chris. ABD. Local Government Cooperation for Economic Development

Papers and Publications

• Hawkins, Christopher. 2008. Pairwise Relations and Joint Ventures for Economic Development.

• Feiock, Richard, Annette Steinacker, and Hyung-Jun Park. "Institutional Collective Action and Joint Ventures for Economic Development," Public Administration Review 68 (forthcoming).

• Feiock, Richard, M. Jae Moon, and Hyung-Jun Park. 2007. "Is the World 'Flat' or 'Spiky'? Rethinking the Governance Implications of Globalization for Economic Development," Public Administration Review 68(1): 1-19. Link to commentary on this article.

• Jeong, Moon-Gi and Richard C. Feiock. 2006. "Impact Fees, Growth Management, and Development: A Contractual Approach to Local Policy and Governance,” Urban Affairs Review 41(6): 749-68.

• Carr, Jered, Sang-Seok Bae, and Wenjue Lu. 2006. "Does Governmental Consolidation Change Economic Fortunes? Evidence from Twelve Communities," State and Local Government Review

• Steinacker, Annette. 2002. "The Use of Bargaining Games in Local Development Policy," Review of Policy Research, 19(4): 120-53.

• Feiock, Richard C. 2002. "A Quasi-Market Framework for Local Economic Development Competition," Journal of Urban Affairs 24: 123-42.

• Jeong, Moon-Gi and Richard C. Feiock. 2002. "Regulatory Reform and Urban Economic Development," State and Local Government Review 34(Fall): 153-60.

• Steinacker, Annette and Richard C. Feiock. 2003. "A Bargaining Framework for Economic Development," APSA.

Additional Resources

• Upjohn Institute's Economic Development and Local Labor Markets research

• International Economic Development Council

• The Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project

• Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED)

• CUPR State of the Nation's Cities Data Base