Enterprise zones: right diagnosis, wrong treatment?
Overman, H. G.
(2011).
Enterprise zones: right diagnosis, wrong treatment?
(2011).
Enterprise zones: right diagnosis, wrong treatment?
As was widely expected, the budget announced the creation of 21 Enterprise Zones. The location of specific zones will be a matter for Local Enterprise Partnerships, but we are told that the Government wants the zones to support real growth opportunities, not remedy local dereliction. It is hard to reconcile this objective with the available evidence.