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Economic Development
Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?Revista Land LinesAgosto 2019By Will Jason, August 20, 2019Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?
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Taxes and Economic Development
An Update on the State of the Economics LiteratureDocumentos de TrabalhoAgosto 2019Andrew HansonThere is a large literature examining the effect of taxes and tax concessions on local economic development, but the last comprehensive review of taxes and economic development was Wasylenko (1997),...
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Property Tax
Fifty-State Study Details Growing Tax Breaks for Longtime HomeownersRevista Land LinesJunho 2019By Will Jason, June 25, 2019In states with property tax assessment limits, tax breaks for longtime homeowners are growing at the expense of new homeowners, a new study shows.
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A New Podcast
Let's Talk TIFRevista Land LinesMaio 2019By Anthony Flint, May 28, 2019Tax increment financing is one of the most widely used—and least understood—public finance mechanisms in the U.S. today. David Merriman, one of the foremost experts on TIF, talks about what communities and states can do to avoid the pitfalls.
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Recessionary Property Taxes
Evidence from MarylandDocumentos de TrabalhoMarço 2019Andrew T. HayashiProperty taxes are often credited for stabilizing local government revenues during contractions, but this revenue stabilization can have destabilizing effects on households. In this paper I explore...
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Designing Land Value Capture Tools in the Context of Complex Tenurial and Deficient Land Use Regulatory Regimes in Accra, Ghana
Documentos de TrabalhoMarço 2019Samuel Banleman BiitirRapid urbanization has increased the demand for urban infrastructure services. Municipalities have attempted to finance infrastructure services with value capture instruments. The paper highlights...
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Public Finance
As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?Revista Land LinesMarço 2019By Will Jason, March 19, 2019As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.