A Model Of Trickle-Down Effect through Job Creation: How Does “Economic Development Policy” Make Public Economic Resources Trickle-Down onto Gateway Cities in Massachusetts?
Date of Completion
5-2013
Document Type
Open Access Capstone
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
This paper unfolds a trickle-down effect model from the economic development policy of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The main trickle-down effect mechanism is job creation. Qualitative inquire methods yielded a model of trickle-down effect that proposes level of employment as dependent variable and five independent variables: innovation and knowledge, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, transaction costs, and costs of production. There is also a spillover: increase of household median income.
Recommended Citation
Salazar, Giancarlo, "A Model Of Trickle-Down Effect through Job Creation: How Does “Economic Development Policy” Make Public Economic Resources Trickle-Down onto Gateway Cities in Massachusetts?" (2013). Public Affairs Capstones Collection. 13.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/mspa_capstone/13