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Local Government Finances During and After the Great Recession
Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2015Using data from the Fiscally Standardized Cities (FiSC) database, Langley documents the impact of the Great Recession on major revenue sources for local governments across the United States.
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Not by the Hand of Horace Mann
How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School SystemArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...
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The Future Role of the Property Tax in the Funding of K12 Education in the United States
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014This paper reviews the role of the property tax in funding K–12 education. At present, local and state governments each contribute a national average of 44 percent of the funds spent on public...
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The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2013Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. WaltersAdministering 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...
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The Location Effects of Alternative Road-Pricing Policies
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2013Alex AnasJust 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...
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The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas
Artigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013Roy W. BahlThe theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...
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Metropolitan Public Finance
An OverviewArtigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013Richard M. Bird and Enid SlackThis paper by Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack is based on their observation that not all big cities are very rich, but they are all, by definition, big, and most of them are also rich relative to...
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Property Taxes in Metropolitan Cities
Artigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013In this paper, William J. McCluskey and Riel C. D. Franzsen review property taxation focusing on metropolitan cities in developing and transitional countries. Since there is no comparative data to...
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Collecting Land Value Through Public Land Leasing
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2012In this paper, John E. Anderson examines the experience of leasing public land in China. Specifically, he addresses the issues related to the adoption of a proposed ad valorem property tax within a...
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The Evolution of Zoning Since the 1980s
The Persistence of LocalismArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011This paper, by William A. Fischel, examines three broad themes in the evolution of zoning. The first theme is the persistence of localism in zoning despite numerous top down attempts to reform zoning...
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