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100			_a El-Khattabi, Ahmed Rachid _930317
245			_aDoes Tax Increment Financing Pass the “But-for” Test in Missouri?
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol. 33, Issue 3, 2019;(187-202 p.)
520			_aThe use of tax increment financing (TIF) remains a popular, yet highly controversial, tool among policy makers in their efforts to promote economic development. This study conducts a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of Missouri’s TIF program, specifically in Kansas City and St. Louis, in creating economic opportunities. We build a time-series data set starting 1990 through 2012 of detailed employment levels, establishment counts, and sales at the census block-group level to run a set of difference-in-differences with matching estimates for the impact of TIF at the local level. Although we analyze the impact of TIF on a wide set of indicators and across various industry sectors, we find no conclusive evidence that the TIF program in either city has a causal impact on key economic development indicators.
650			_atax increment financing, _931994
650			_aeconomic development incentives, _932007
650			_a economic impact _932008
700			_aT. William Lester _932009
773	0		_010589 _915392 _dSage Publisher _tEconomic development quarterly
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0891242419859097
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