• Login
    View Item 
    •   Maryland Shared Open Access Repository Home
    • ScholarWorks@UMBC
    • UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
    • UMBC Political Science
    • View Item
    •   Maryland Shared Open Access Repository Home
    • ScholarWorks@UMBC
    • UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
    • UMBC Political Science
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Patterns in Local Economic Development in Light of COVID-19

    Thumbnail
    Files
    patterns_in_local_ED_revision4.pdf (1.318Mb)
    Links to Files
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0160323X221097711?journalCode=slgb
    Permanent Link
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0160323X221097711
    http://hdl.handle.net/11603/25033
    Collections
    • UMBC Faculty Collection
    • UMBC Political Science
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Author/Creator
    Johnson, Brad A. M.
    Wilson, Darrin
    Stokan, Eric
    Overton, Michael
    Author/Creator ORCID
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8409-5016
    Date
    2022-05-06
    Type of Work
    35 pages
    Text
    journal articles
    postprints
    Citation of Original Publication
    Johnson, Brad A. M., Darrin Wilson, Eric Stokan, and Michael Overton. “Patterns in Local Economic Development in Light of  COVID-19.” State and Local Government Review, (May 2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X221097711.
    Rights
    © The Author(s) 2022 Use is restricted to non-commercial and no derivatives
    Abstract
    The COVID-19 pandemic pressured local governments to employ creative and untested economic development strategies to stabilize private businesses. To explore how the uncertainty of the pandemic impacted the priorities and strategies of economic development officials, we surveyed officials about their initial economic development response to the pandemic coupled with subsequent in-depth interviews in the Cincinnati metropolitan region. Our analysis suggests that local officials did not drastically alter their use of supply-side tools during the pandemic. However, they did start coupling supply-side with demand-side policies in unique ways compared to past economic crises. This study also finds that the pandemic affected collaboration processes, leading officials to deepen and forge relationships with other local governments. We find that these shifts have proven durable over the past year as municipalities continue to grapple with changing economic conditions due to COVID-19. As additional waves are likely, we suggest that administrators must consider the skills required to manage evolving economic conditions as well as both the supply and demand sides of local economic development.


    Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    1000 Hilltop Circle
    Baltimore, MD 21250
    www.umbc.edu/scholarworks

    Contact information:
    Email: scholarworks-group@umbc.edu
    Phone: 410-455-3021


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.

     

     

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Browse

    This CollectionBy Issue DateTitlesAuthorsSubjectsType

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics


    Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    1000 Hilltop Circle
    Baltimore, MD 21250
    www.umbc.edu/scholarworks

    Contact information:
    Email: scholarworks-group@umbc.edu
    Phone: 410-455-3021


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.