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1. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2022
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This report focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–school...

2. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

3. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

4. What Makes a Fair School Finance System?

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This working paper explores the complexities involved in defining school funding equity and fairness. In defining what they mean by fairness, state policymakers must address several issues. The first...

5. Designing School Aid Formulas to Achieve High-Quality and Equitable Education

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper describes the school funding formulas necessary to achieve five broad funding goals that have driven school finance policies over the past 50 years. After briefly summarizing the type of...

6. Composite Index of Local Fiscal Stability, Efficiency, Sustainability, and Livability

   Central Eastern versus South Eastern European Countries
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2022
   Aleksandra Maksimovska , Aleksandar Stojkov, Michal Radvan, and Tereza Rogic Lugaric

   Citizen-centric local governance requires fiscally stable and efficient local governments that contribute to sustainable and livable communities. The central research objective herein is to provide...