1 Michael D. LaFaive and Michael Hicks, “MEGA: A Retrospective Assessment” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2005), https://perma.cc/8DTZ-N4X9; Michael D. LaFaive and James M. Hohman, “Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2009), https://perma.cc/T8T5-AKB8; Michael Hicks and Michael D. LaFaive, “An Analysis of State-Funded Tourism Promotion” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2016), https://perma.cc/ 44TL-5FQ5; Michael D. LaFaive and Michael Hicks, “An Assessment of the Michigan Business Development Program” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2018), https://perma.cc/ ZH8T-KYA2.
2 Don Walls, “NETS Data for Michigan” (Denver, CO: Don Walls & Associates, 2018), electronic correspondence.
3 Don Walls, “Publications and Reports Utlilizing the National Establishment Time-Series (NETS) Database” (Denver, CO: Walls & Associates, 2017).
4 Ibid.
5 Mary Donegan, William T. Lester and Nichola Lowe, “Striking a Balance: A National Assessment of Economic Development Incentives (Working Paper)” (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Aug. 1, 2018), 11, https://perma.cc/AA86-X4ZR.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid., 15.
8 Ibid., 2.
9 Angela Gullickson, “Iowa’s Venture Capital Tax Credits: Tax Credits Program Evaluation” (State of Iowa: Iowa Department of Revenue, 2014), 5, https://perma.cc/GDX7-A3SS.
10 Ibid., 22.
11 Ibid.
12 “Transformational Brownfield Plan: Program Guidelines” (State of Michigan, Apr. 23, 2019), https://perma.cc/SP6A-TXEY.
13 Nathan M. Jensen, “Evaluating Firm-Specific Location Incentives: An Application to the Kansas Peak Program” (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2014), 6, https://perma.cc/8ENA-KGN6.
14 Ibid., 2.
15 Greg Leroy et al., “The Job Creation Shell Game: Ending the Wasteful Practice of Subsidizing Companies That Move Jobs from One State to Another” (Good Jobs First, 2013), i, https://perma.cc/BMN2-CBXP.
16 Ibid., 4-5.
17 John Friar and Megan Gay, “Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs” (Pioneer Institute, 2010), 2, https://perma.cc/AW9K-EVCX.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid., 12.
21 J. Scott Moody, “Maine Job Creation from the In- or Out-Migration of Establishments” (The Maine Heritage Policy Center, June 23, 2010), https://perma.cc/5ZK7-3HLC; J. Scott Moody, “Maine Job Creation from the Expansion or Contraction of Establishments” (The Maine Heritage Policy Center, June 22, 2010), https://perma.cc/6TSG-VDBK; J. Scott Moody, “Enterprising NY: Tracking Firms, Jobs and Economic Growth in the Empire State” (Albany: Empire Center of New York, Oct. 25, 2010), 1, https://perma.cc/UBY2-JC2S; J. Scott Moody and Wendy Warcholik, “Illinois Job Creation from the Expansion or Contraction of Existing Establishments” (Illinois Policy Institute, 2014), https://perma.cc/K9AD-DR4V; J. Scott Moody, “A Look at Oklahoma Business Expansions and Contractions” (Oklahoma Center for Public Affairs, Jan. 3, 2011), https://perma.cc/9EKM-LPMQ; “The Role of Taxes in Business Location Decisions” (Burlington: University of Vermont, 2008), https://perma.cc/ JYQ3-MN7N; Michael Mazerov and Michael Leachman, “State Job Creation Strategies Often Off Base” (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Feb. 3, 2016), 6, https://perma.cc/4W5G-QRX7.
22 Jed Kolko and David Neumark, “Do Some Enterprise Zones Create Jobs?,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29, no. 1 (2010): 5–38, https://perma.cc/6N2A-AWJ7.
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 Ibid.
30 Ibid.
31 Alejandro Amezcua, “Boon or Boondoggle: Business Incubation as Entrepreneurship Policy: A Report from the National Census of Business Incubators and Their Tenants” (Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, 2010), Table 1, https://perma.cc/9RHH-VZB6.
32 Ibid., 10.
33 Alejandro Amezcua, “Boon or Boondoggle: Business Incubation as Entrepreneurship Policy: A Report from the National Census of Business Incubators and Their Tenants” (Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, 2010), https://perma.cc/9RHH-VZB6.
34 Ibid., 15.
35 Alejandro Amezcua, “Boon or Boondoggle: Business Incubation as Entrepreneurship Policy: A Report from the National Census of Business Incubators and Their Tenants” (Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, 2010), https://perma.cc/9RHH-VZB6.
36 Greg LeRoy et al., “Growing Pennsylvania’s High-Tech Economy: Choosing Effective Investments” (Good Jobs First, 2010), 1, https://perma.cc/FV22-3XR6.
37 Ibid., 19.
38 Ibid.
39 Ibid., 9.
40 Ibid., 1.
41 Ibid., 13.
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid., 9.
44 “Performance Audit Report: Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tax Credit Program” (Michigan Office of the Auditor General, September 2017), 53, https://perma.cc/SNF6-P6XQ.
45 “MEGA and Other Certificated Credits 2019 Annual Report” (State of Michigan: Michigan Strategic Fund, 2019), Table 3, https://perma.cc/PH7T-C2F3.
46 James M. Hohman, “An Evaluation of Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2016), 1, https://perma.cc/WG7U-AHE7.
47 Liz Boyd, “Granholm: New Report Highlights Impact of 21st Century Jobs Fund” (State of Michigan), https://perma.cc/F2XH-SY89.
48 “21st Century Jobs Trust Fund -- 2013 Annual Report” (State of Michigan: Michigan Strategic Fund, March 31, 2014), 10, https://perma.cc/T8DS-BQTZ.
49 “21st Century Jobs Trust Fund Report: Year-End Report to the Legislature 2012” (State of Michigan: Michigan Strategic Fund, 2013), 3–5, https://perma.cc/8HST-M3BZ.
50 “Year-End Report to the Legislature for Fiscal Year 2010” (State of Michigan: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 2011), 5, https://perma.cc/GYW5-5GMB; “FY 2018 MSF-MEDC Annual Report” (State of Michigan: Michigan Strategic Fund, 2019), 78, https://perma.cc/647F-QVMX.
51 See, for instance, Douglas E. Stites, “Briefing Memo - Weyburn Acquisition Corporation” (State of Michigan: Michigan Jobs Commission, 1997), 3, https://perma.cc/ZH2H-EVJA.
52 Kathleen Blake, “Briefing Memo: Howmet International” (Michigan Jobs Commission, 1998), 3; “Community Development Block Grant: Revolving Loan Fund” (State of Michigan: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 2016), https://perma.cc/ VP97-VJZ4.
53 Jane Schultz, “Department of Commerce -- The Michigan Strategic Fund: A Summary of Its Origin, Sources of Revenue, and Programs” (State of Michigan: Senate Fiscal Agency, 1989), 6, https://perma.cc/XPA6-YGUD.
54 “Michigan Strategic Fund: Annual Report -- 1991” (State of Michigan), https://perma.cc/7APY-CAJ6.
55 “Michigan Business Development Program: Process Overview” (State of Michigan: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 2015), https://perma.cc/Z8TZ-2YDQ.
56 Ibid.
57 “Year-End Report to the Legislature for Fiscal Year 2010” (State of Michigan: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 2011), 43, https://perma.cc/GYW5-5GMB.
58 Ibid.
59 Ibid.
60 Ibid.
61 Ibid., 30.
62 Ibid., 33.
63 Jane Schultz, “Department of Commerce -- The Michigan Strategic Fund: A Summary of Its Origin, Sources of Revenue, and Programs” (State of Michigan: Senate Fiscal Agency, 1989), 4, https://perma.cc/XPA6-YGUD.
64 Philip Mattera, Kasia Tarczynska and Greg Leroy, “Megadeals: The Largest Economic Development Subsidy Packages Ever Awarded by State and Local Governments in the United States” (Good Jobs First, 2013), i, https://perma.cc/FUZ5-MUDP.
65 Katherine Yung, “21st Century Jobs Fund: Mixed Results,” Detroit Free Press (Detroit, May 23, 2010), 6-B.
66 James M Hohman, “An Evaluation of Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2016), 1, https://perma.cc/WG7U-AHE7.
67 Ibid., 17.
68 “Michigan 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund — Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs Impact and Effectiveness Study” (TEConomy Partners, LLC, 2016), Executive Summary, https://perma.cc/YHW8-QZRR.
69 Michael D. LaFaive, “A Plea for Skepticism about the MEDC: An Open Letter” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2018), https://perma.cc/WPL8-G59U.
70 “Hohman on Film Incentives: Price Tab of $500 Million for No Industry Growth” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2015), https://perma.cc/LPN9-CQJ3.
71 Michael D. LaFaive, “Pure Fiction: State Tourism Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignores Costs” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2018), https://perma.cc/S74D-PLPK.
72 Michael D. LaFaive and Michael Hicks, “MEGA: A Retrospective Assessment” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2005), 37, https://perma.cc/H282-KMMB.
73 Michael D. LaFaive and James Hohman, “The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2009), 26, https://perma.cc/DSA7-BC25.
74 Patrick L. Anderson, Theodore R. Bolema and Alex L. Rosaen, “Michigan’s Business Tax Incentives” (Anderson Economic Group, LLC, 2009), 9, https://perma.cc/4942-QJJY.
75 Laura Reese, “If All You Have Is a Hammer: Finding Economic Development Policies That Matter,” American Review of Public Administration 44, no. 627–655 (2013): 642.
76 Timothy. J. Bartik and George Erickcek, “Simulating the Effects of the Tax Credit Program of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority on Job Creation and Fiscal Benefits,” Economic Development Quarterly 28, no. 4 (2014): 314, https://perma.cc/ WV24-MFMT.
77 Ibid., 320.
78 Michael D. LaFaive and Michael Hicks, “An Assessment of the Michigan Business Development Program” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2018), iii, https://perma.cc/ZH8T-KYA2.
79 Tim Bartik et al., “Michigan Business Development Program Effectiveness Study” (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2019), 13, https://perma.cc/VVJ3-5MM4.
80 Ibid., 4.
81 Ibid., 3-4.