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Capital cities and their national governments: Washington, D.C. in comparative perspective

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Along numerous dimensions Washington, D.C. differs substantially from the rest of the United States. It is a city that lacks the support and resources of a state. It performs many of the same functions as a state while lacking most of the rights, powers, and privileges guaranteed to states under...

Author:

Young, Garry, Chadwick, Jan, Karruz, Ana, Wolman, Hal, and Friedman, Julia

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GWIPP Working Paper Series, George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Capital cities, and Washington D.C. government

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Center for Washington Area Studies

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Working Paper
Economic Competitiveness and the Determinants of Sub-National Economic Activity: A Literature Review

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The purpose of this paper is to review the empirical and theoretical literature on area economic competitiveness and the sub-national location of economic activity. Thus, we are interested in why economic activity locates where it does, and, from the perspective of a given sub-national area, what...

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Young, Garry, Levy, Alice, Blumenthal, Pamela, and Wolman, Hal

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OCFO, Office of Revenue Analysis, District of Columbia, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University, Economics, GW Institute of Public Policy, and Economic competitiveness

GW Unit:

Center for Washington Area Studies

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Report