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

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 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 Trabalho
   Novembro 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 Trabalho
   Novembro 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. Planning Policy and Politics

   Smart Growth and the States
   Livros
   Novembro 2005
   John M. DeGrove

   Updating his two previous books on growth management in the states, John M. DeGrove examines the history and current systems for planning and smart growth in nine states: Oregon, Florida, New Jersey...

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

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2005
   Riël C.D. Franzsen and William J. McCluskey

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

6. Equity and Efficiency Considerations in Use Value Taxation

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 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...

7. From Walden to Wall Street

   Frontiers of Conservation Finance
   Livros
   Outubro 2005
   Edited by James N. Levitt

   In the absence of innovation in the field of conservation finance, a daunting funding gap faces conservationists aiming to protect America’s system of landscapes that provide sustainable...

8. Reinventing Conservation Easements

   A Critical Examination and Ideas for Reform
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2005
   Jeff Pidot

   Conservation easements represent one of the most rapid trends in land conservation. Beyond tax credits, tax deductions, and other public subsidies that provide financial incentive for landowners to...

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

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 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...

10. Full Disclosure

    Unanticipated Improvements in Property Tax Uniformity
    Documentos de Trabalho
    Junho 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...