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State and Local Policy, Factor Markets and Regional Growth

A large and growing literature to explain how state and local policies affect factor markets, firm location and economic growth has developed in three distinct threads, according to the authors. They expand the modeling framework of Roback and Gyourko and Tracy to integrate these threads into a single inquiry about how state and local policies—including the provision public capital—affects factor markets and economic growth.

Innovation-The Future of Ohios Economy: An Ohio Technology-Based Economic Development Strategy

The assessment of Ohio’s competitive position suggests that the state needs to focus on addressing key success factors, such as the need for technology transfer and commercialization mechanisms, pre-seed and seed stage capital, and discretionary research and development funding.