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 Assessment
Community Development Corporations as a Tool for Economic Development Finance - Wim Wiewel and Jeff Weintraub
Revolving Funds for Economic Development - J Christopher Walker
State Initiatives to Modernize US Small and Midsized Manufacturers - Philip Shapira
Increasing Exports Through World Trade Centers - Sammis B White
Financing Exports - Mary Lou Eagan and Marc Bendrick Jr
What is the State Role?
PART FOUR: PRIVATE FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
The Use of Bank Financing for Economic Development - John M Kolesar
Venture Capital - Sheldon B Lubar
Financing Entrepreneurs - Robert J Gaston
The Anatomy of a Hidden Market
PART FIVE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Putting it all Together - Terry F Buss, Arnold Clebone, Pamela Stanley and Peter Mitchell
Financing Sovereign Circuits