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The District of Columbia and its Lack of Representation in Congress: What difference does it make?

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Representation underpins the American democracy. Yet, residents of the nation’s capital lack full representation before Congress. So what? Does it matter? Do the laws passed by Congress differ substantively and substantially because the District of Columbia lacks full representation? Has the lack...

Author:

Young, Garry

Keyword:

Full representation in Congress, District of Columbia government, and Statehood

GW Unit:

Center for Washington Area Studies

Resource Type:

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

Description:

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...

Author:

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

Keyword:

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

GW Unit:

Center for Washington Area Studies

Resource Type:

Report