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1. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

2. The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. Walters

   Administering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...

3. The Location Effects of Alternative Road-Pricing Policies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Alex Anas

   Just as physical infrastructure affects urban development patterns, the taxation of motor vehicle use and the pricing of road infrastructure shape land policy by affecting location choices and land...

4. Chicago and Its Skyway

   Lessons from an Urban Megaproject
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Louise Nelson Dyble

   In this paper, Louise Nelson Dyble examines the history of political leadership throughout the Chicago Skyway’s development as a public project and assesses the lessons from its eventual...

5. Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Katherine Sierra

   Sustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...

6. Understanding Urban Infrastructure-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Key Mitigation Strategies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Anu Ramaswami

   Analyzing the economic and environmental impacts of urban infrastructure—whether its contribution to productivity or its generation of greenhouse gas emissions—is very challenging because urban or...

7. Airport Improvement Fees, Benefit Spillovers, and Land Value Capture Mechanisms

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Anming Zhang

   Airports may use land value capture as a funding source for infrastructure improvements. Anming Zhang explores the questions of how positive externalities generated by airports should be internalized...

8. Experimenting with Land Value Capture on Western State Trust Land

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan Culp and Dan Hunting

   The use of land value capture to finance investments in state trust land is another potential extension of the concept. Traditionally, state trust land has been leased to private companies and...

9. Does TIF Make It More Difficult to Manage Municipal Budgets?

   A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David F. Merriman

   Tax increment financing districts (TIFs) are an approach that involves the designation of a special district to create a nexus between revenues and spending. TIF districts are authorized in almost...

10. An Analysis of Alternative Revenue Sources for Local Governments

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2010
    David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson

    In this paper, David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson evaluate the property tax, local sales tax, and local income tax using a standard set of criteria, including efficiency, equity, tax base...