Break my stride? The impact of collaboration entrants on community-level performance for economic development
研究了伊利诺伊州企业区中成员进入对社区层面绩效的影响，发现进入者能提升就业创造，但效果随时间显现，且对参与者少或农村地区更显著。
While prior studies note that interlocal collaborations sometimes change their member composition, the relationship between membership changes and the community-level performance of interlocal collaborations is unclear. This study attempts to provide evidence by exploring the impact of entrants on the performance of Illinois enterprise zones. We conducted event study analyses to estimate the plausibly causal relationship between entrants and community-level performance. We find that entrants improve the enterprise zones’ reported job creation, but the improvement takes effect over time. We also find that the positive effects are stronger for enterprise zones with fewer participants or located in rural areas