Focus on State Economic Development Policy

摘要

The U.S. federalist structure intentionally distributes the management of public policies across the various levels of government. The federal government places greater attention on issues like defense and monetary policy; state governments have taken the lead on a range of policies that include education and business conduct, whereas local municipalities have directed greater attention to a range of issues that include public works. For some public policies, the appropriate governmental distribution and management is clear. With others, however, the line is not as clearly defined. Economic development policy is among one of these that is of great interest to multiple levels of government.