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Towards Property Tax Compliance
A Case Study of Attitudes Toward Paying Property Taxes in JamaicaDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2016Tina M. F. Beale, Rochelle A. Channer Miller, Amani Ishemo, and Cadien A. Murray-StuartJamaica’s property tax compliance rate has consistently been described as “low,” “dismal,” and “inadequate.” Its performance is of utmost importance to the...
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Potencial e Exploração do Imposto Patrimonial Imobiliário no Brasil
Uma Análise do IPTU a Partir da Teoria dos Conjuntos FuzzyDocumentos de trabajoNoviembre 2016José Roberto R. Afonso, Kleber Pacheco de Castro, and Fabrício Marques SantosA fim de identificar os determinantes do potencial de arrecadação do IPTU (Imposto sobre Propriedade Predial e Territorial Urbana), bem como a utilização dessa capacidade...
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Could Land-Based Financing Help Create Fiscal Space for Investment by Brazil’s Municipalities?
Documentos de trabajoOctubre 2016David Michael Vetter and Marcia VetterWithin a framework of tight fiscal controls and fiscal discipline, could Brazil’s municipalities generate fiscal space for investment and provision of social needs by increased use of land-...
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Buy-In for Buyouts
The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood ZonesEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2016Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare BrawleyThis report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...
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Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability in China
Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2016Richard C. FeiockOver the past decade, Chinese local governments have adopted numerous innovations to address pressing social, economic, and environmental concerns. Realizing the limitations of unilateral actions,...
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After Great Disasters
How Six Countries Managed Community RecoveryEnfoques en políticas de sueloJulio 2016Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky“After Great Disasters offers one of the most well-researched accounts of large-scale, post-disaster recovery programs in several countries. The case studies highlight the common strands of...
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Mortgage Enforcement and Public Regulatory Actions in China in Selected Chinese Cities
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2016This paper serves as a primer to examine the issues extant in the Chinese mortgage enforcement system; to analyze overbuilding and vacancy in three Chinese cities; and to explore the possibility of...
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Leadership of Land Trusts
Generational Transition and Preparing for the FutureDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2016Jean HockerThis paper, part of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Kingsbury Browne fellowship awarded in conjunction with the Land Trust Alliance’s 2014 Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership...
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Zoning for Affordability
Using the Case of New York to Explore Whether Zoning Can Be Used to Achieve Income-Diverse NeighborhoodsDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2016Vicky Chau and Jessica YagerHarnessing the strength of the real estate market in high cost cities to support the production of affordable housing can be an important strategy to maintain economically diverse neighborhoods. A...
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Real Estate Development and Financial Crises
A Comparative Study Between China and World Major Economies 1980–2014Documentos de trabajoJunio 2016Simon X. Zhao and Bryane MichaelThis report represents an international, comparative, empirical study of the relationship between financial crises and real estate development—with a focus on Japan, Hong Kong, the U.S., some...
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