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1. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Julho 2023
   By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi Velasco

   Preparing the country for a low-carbon future that is economically and racially just is an enormous undertaking. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities investigates how local governments in...

2. 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...

3. Land Value Capture in the United States

   Funding Infrastructure and Local Government Services
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2022
   By Gerald Korngold

   Land value capture (LVC) is based on a simple core premise: public action should generate public benefit.

4. From State Capitols to City Halls

   Smarter State Policies for Stronger Cities
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Fevereiro 2022
   Alan Mallach

   “Alan Mallach examines the crucial relationships between states and their constituent cities, illustrates how states have hindered equitable revitalization, and offers principles to guide state...

5. Buy-In for Buyouts

   The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Setembro 2016
   Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

   This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...

6. Open Books: Towards Transparency in Municipal Finance

   Palestras Lincoln
   Fevereiro 4, 2016
   Speaker: Lynnette Kelly

   Join Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Executive Director Lynnette Kelly for an overview of the bond issuance process, the role of financial professionals, and the importance of disclosure.

7. Tax Breaks, Transparency, and Accountability: A Conversation with Greg LeRoy

   Palestras Lincoln
   Janeiro 28, 2016
   Speaker: Greg LeRoy

   Join Greg LeRoy for a brief presentation on the Subsidy Tracker from Good Jobs First, followed by a conversation with Lincoln Institute President George W. "Mac" McCarthy.

8. Cities on the Brink: The Dynamics of Fiscal Retrenchment

   Palestras Lincoln
   Novembro 20, 2015
   Speaker: Benedict S. Jimenez

   More than five years after the end of the Great Recession, a large majority of cities report that they are on the precipice of another budget crisis. This lecture is part of a series to promote municipal fiscal health.

9. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

10. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Maio 2014
    Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

    The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...