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1. Note on Measuring Changes in Capital/Land Ratios Related to Tax Changes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   Gregory K. Ingram

   Theory strongly supports the conclusion that a reduction in the tax on structures in an urban area will increase the intensity of urban development, measured in terms of the quantity of structures (...

2. 360 Degrees of Development

   Universities as Real Estate Developers in Atlanta
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   David C. Perry, Scott Levitan, Andre Bertrand, Carl V. Patton, Dwan Packnett, and Lawrence Kelley

   The university is increasingly viewed as one of the key institutions of urban development. Where there may have been a time when campus development could have occurred as if the university were an...

3. Property Taxation and Residential Density

   Theory and Empirics
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   Richard W. England and Ju-Chin Huang

   In this paper, we first theorize about the size of a house constructed on a residential lot, measured by height and footprint area. We hypothesize that the property tax rate will have a negative...

4. A Reconnaissance of Currently Available Measures of Effective Property Tax Rates

   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Michael E. Bell and Charlotte Kirschner

   In order to have an informed policy discussion on local property tax reform initiatives, researchers, policy makers and the public require accurate and reliable information about the current use of...

5. Management of Suburban Growth

   Changes in Land Use and the Real Estate Market in the Area of Influence of the New International Airport of Quito, Ecuador
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Andrea Carrión

   This study analyzes development policies in suburban areas of the city of Quito and the effects of these policies on land use and the real estate market during the period from 1997 to 2007, with...

6. Instruments for the Recovery of Value Increments in Latin America

   Weak Implementation, Ambiguous Interpretation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Fernanda Furtado

   The private appropriation of land value increments is often cited as a central factor in the literature on problems of Latin American urbanization. Researchers have been in agreement for at least 20...

7. Urban Land as a Factor in Economic and Social Inclusion

   The Experience of Havana
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Ricardo Núñez Fernández

   This paper explores the topic of planning under a centrally planned socialist economy, as exemplified by the case of Havana, Cuba. The specific features of urban land management in Cuba are explored...

8. The Land Tax Is Pretty Neutral

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2008
   N. Edward Coulson and Herman Li

   The inelastic supply of land suggests that taxation of land might be neutral. Feldstein (1977) suggests otherwise, in that taxation reduces risk, and this may raise demand among risk-averse lenders....

9. How Differences in Property Taxes within Cities Affect Urban Sprawl

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2008
   Yan Song and Yves Zenou

   This article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between the differentiated property tax within urban areas and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We first develop a theoretical model in which the...

10. Property Taxation in Illinois

    A Framework for Reform
    Documentos de trabajo
    Julio 2008
    Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

    Illinois is one of 23 states that limit both local property tax rates and property tax revenues. Because of its importance to local government finance, reforms of the Illinois property tax system are...