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- ↑ "The Job Creation Tax Credit," Economic Policy Institute, 2009.
- ↑ "Bringing Jobs to People: How Federal Policy Can Target Job Creation for Economically Distressed Areas," Archived 2011-10-24 at the Library of Congress Web Archives Brookings Institution, 2010.
- ↑ "The Economic Development Effects of Early Childhood Programs," Archived 2011-05-05 at the Wayback Machine The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2008.
- ↑ "A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States" W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2017
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