This comprehensive source and description of the tools available for financing economic development is divided up into well defined areas, making it easy to use for reference and guidance. It covers all aspects of the concept and makes a full discussion of all types of financing from public funds to private loans and venture capital. This will be an important book for professionals and undergraduates in urban studies, public administration and policy studies.This comprehensive source and description of the tools available for financing economic development is divided up into well defined areas, making it easy to use for reference and guidance. It covers all aspects of the concept and makes a full discussion of all types of financing from public funds to private loans and venture capital. This will be an important book for professionals and undergraduates in urban studies, public administration and policy studies.PART ONE: INTRODUCTION An Overview of Economic Development Finance - Edward W Hill and Nell Ann Shelley Economic Development Financing Policy - Michael J Wolkoff A State and Local Perspective Tax Incentives, Public Loans and Subsidies - Margaret E Dewar What Difference do they Make in Nonmetropolitan Economic Development? PART TWO: THE PUBLIC SECTOR What Public Finance do State Constitutions Allow? - Ferdinand P Schoettle Industrial Development Bonds - Matthew R Marlin and William P Buzzi What Remains? Tax Increment Financing - James R Paetsch and Roger K Dahlstrom What it is and How it Works PART THREE: ALTERNATIVE USES OF PUBLIC FUNDS Connecticut's New Product Development Corporation - Peter S Fisher Enterprise Zones - Michael Allan Wolf A Decade of Diversity Research Parks as Public Investments - Michael I Lugar and Harvey A Goldstein A Critical AssessmelC+