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1. An Exploratory Overview of Property Taxation in the Commonwealth of Nations

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2005
   Riël C.D. Franzsen and William J. McCluskey

   This study provides an overview of the property tax systems in the 53 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as Zimbabwe (a member state until its withdrawal in 2003) and Montserrat, a...

2. An Exploratory Overview of Property Taxation in the Commonwealth of Nations, Appendix 2

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2005
   Riël C.D. Franzsen and William J. McCluskey

   Appendix 2 to Franzsen and McCluskey working paper also posted on this website.

3. The Community Land Trust as a Highway Environmental Impact Mitigation Tool

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2005
   Steven C. Bourassa

   The proposed Newtown Pike Extension in Lexington, Kentucky, has the potential to cause significant displacement of low-income residents. Following Executive Order 12898, which was signed in 1994,...

4. An Exploratory Overview of Property Taxation in the Commonwealth of Nations, Appendix 1

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2005
   Riël C.D. Franzsen and William J. McCluskey

   Appendix 1 to Franzsen and McCluskey working paper also posted on this website.

5. Equity and Efficiency Considerations in Use Value Taxation

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2005
   David C. Soule and Barry Bluestone

   Use value taxation is used in almost every state in the country to provide property tax relief to owners of farmland, forestland, and, in many cases, land available for recreational use. Created in...

6. Valuing Land For Tax Purposes in Traditional Tribal Areas of South Africa Where There Is No Land Market

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2005
   Michael E. Bell and John H. Bowman with Lindsay C. Clark

   South Africa envisions extending value-based property taxation, long established in white, urban areas, into rural areas and former black local authority areas (BLAs). Special problems arise in rural...

7. Full Disclosure

   Unanticipated Improvements in Property Tax Uniformity
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2005
   Gary C. Cornia and Lawrence C. Walters

   This paper contributes to two strands in the property tax literature. One thread considers the effects of full disclosure requirements or “truth in taxation” on the rate of property tax...

8. Rural Urbanization and Religious Transformation

   A Case Study of Zhangdian Town
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2005
   Liu Zhijun

   The purpose of this paper is to engage the impact of rural urbanization on the transformation of rural religions based on description of the urbanization situation and religious transformation of a...

9. The Value of Open Space

   Evidence from Studies of Nonmarket Benefits
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2005
   Virginia McConnell and Margaret Walls

   Open space provides a range of benefits to citizens of a community, beyond the benefits that accrue to private landowners. Parks and natural areas can be used for recreation; wetlands and forests...

10. Reinventing Conservation Easements

    A Critical Examination and Ideas for Reform
    Documentos de trabajo
    Marzo 2005
    Jeff Pidot

    This working paper has been published as a Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report. No recent happening in land conservation rivals the deployment from coast-to-coast of conservation easements. Beyond...