John P. Blair is a Professor of Economics at Wright State University where he teaches courses in urban economics and local economic development. He received a Ph. D. from West Virginia University. He has served as a consultant for a variety of state and local governments as well as private agencies. He has written numerous books and articles about urban issues and public policies. Blair’s academic articles have appeared in such journals as Land Economics, Growth and Change, and Economic Development Quarterly. Laura A. Reese is professor of political science and director of the Global Urban Studies Program at Michigan State University. Her research on economic development, public finance, civic culture and workplace harassment has been published in Regional Science and Urban Economics, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Urban Affairs, American Review of Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and many other journals. She has written 10 books of which three, including Comparative Civic Culture, were published in 2012. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Wayne State University in 1985.

• IntroductionPART ONE: STRATEGIC PARADIGMSPolicy-Based Analysis for Local Economic Development - W R ThompsonThe Market Failure Approach to Regional Economic Development Policy - T BartikCity Jobs and Residents on a Collision Course - J KasardaThe Urban Underclass DilemmaNew Strategies for Inner-City Economic Development - M PorterPART TWO: POLICIES AND PROGRAMSAdding a Stick to the Carrot - L Ledebur and D Woodward Location Incentives with Clawbacks, Rescissions and RecalibrationsTen Principles for State Tax Incentives - K IhlanfeldtLabor-Force-Based Development - D Ranney and J BetancurA Community-Oriented Approach to Targeting Job Training and Industrial DevelopmentBusiness Strategy and Cross-Industry Clusters - P Doeringer and D TerklaPART THREE: NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL EQUITYThe Linkage between Regional and Neighborhood Development - W Wiewel, B Brown and M MorrisEconomic Restructuring - E Hill and T BierEarnings, Occupations and Housing Values in ClevelandNeighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy - J NowakHidden Economic Development Assets - J Blair and C EndresPART FOUR: STATE AND REGIONAL ISSUESThe Next Wave - S Clarke and G GailePostfederal Local Economic Development StrategiesState Economic Development in the 1990s - P EisingerPolitics and Policy LearningCompetition and Cooperation in Economic Development - E Goetz and T KayserA Study of the Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaExurban Industrialization - A Nelson with W Drummond and D SawickiImplications for Economic Development PolicyPART FIVE: POLITICS, PLANNING AND EVALUATIONThe Politics of Local Economic Development - H Wolman with D SpitzleyShoot Anything That Flies, Claim Anything That Falls - H RubinConversations with Economic Development PractitionersWhat Works Best? Values and the Evaluation of Local Economic Development Policy - L Reese and D FasenfestThe Economic Impact of Development - M Marvel and W ShkurtiHonda in OhioCustomization and Economic Efficiency - J Blair and L Reese