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100			_aZhang, Sumei _943129
245			_aRethinking U.S. enterprise zones: The role of research design in program evaluation
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 34, Issue 6, 2019(545-571 p.)
520			_aThis paper offers an up-to-date review of Enterprise Zone programs across states in the U.S. An Enterprise Zone program often focuses on target locations, populations, and/or industries. Enterprise Zone program designs and implementations vary between states. The expected outcomes are likely to differ from the desired outcome, which is to revitalize Enterprise Zone areas. This paper also provides a review of the existing Enterprise Zone empirical literature on program effectiveness assessments. There are conflicting recommendations, even for the same Enterprise Zone program. To assess whether research design contributes to this situation, the paper explores several research design factors, including outcome measure, time span, spatial unit, data choice, and control of endogeneity. Information on these research factors in the existing literature is collected and coded. Descriptive and correlation analyses suggest that outcome measure, spatial unit, post-program time span, and the choice of an endogeneity control method have significant impacts on program effectiveness assessments.
650			_adiversity, _943130
650			_a program effectiveness, _938825
650			_aresearch design, _943131
650			_aU.S. federal Empowerment Zone, _943132
650			_aU.S. state Enterprise Zone _943133
773	0		_011252 _915503 _dSage, 2019. _tLocal economy
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219871955
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