Sno, Douglas R. creator text xu| 2000 continuing ng p.13-28 State policy makers are concerned about costs of past policies whose benefits are often difficult to determine. Some have recommended a strategic approach to state economic policy making in order to eliminate ad hoc incentives. Lessons derived from the literature on state enterprise zones are used to assess the 193 Federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community initiative. States can expand policy alternatives by fostering the growth of a marketplace of economic development ideas at the slocal level. Strategic plans should focus on development of competing, bottom-up solutions, rather than packages of specific incentives. - Reproduced Economic and social development Economic policy Economic planning Policy Studies Review 180718