This article asks a basic question: What set of form or factors might lead to the use of Type II economic development policies and thus, presumably, a more equitable distribution of economic development benefits? Research employing macrodata analysis has provided conflicting findings; on this point. Hence, this research explores the question using both regression and more case-specific analysis. Findings suggest that residential need, strong mayor form of government, citizen and business input, size of economic development budgets, and policy planning and evaluation activities increase the use of Type II policies. Many questions remain unanswered, however. Type II policies are not well explained by current variables. The specific roles of race, city council structure, business input, local history, and spatial location and the relationship between Type I and Type II policies appear important but not well examined in the literature to due.