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Enterprise Zones: Lessons From the Maryland Experience

PEMD-89-2 Published: Dec 15, 1988. Publicly Released: Dec 15, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO studied the enterprise zone program in Maryland to identify issues for the possible development of a federal program, focusing on: (1) program cost offsets; (2) employment growth; (3) program effects on workers; (4) reductions in welfare dependence; and (5) the effectiveness of tax incentives and other local development strategies.

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