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The Valuation of Federally Subsidized Housing
Ten Questions for the Property Tax
Joan M. Youngman
February 2011, English
Housing, Property Tax
February 2011, English
Housing, Property Tax
Assessment Regressivity
A Tale of Two Illinois Counties
January 2011, English
Most jurisdictions require residential assessments to be proportional to market value, but in practice assessment ratios—assessed value divided by sale price—are often lower for high-priced than low-priced properties. This tendency for assessment ratios to fall as sales prices rise is termed regressivity, because it means that property taxes are a higher percentage of property value […]
Housing, Property Tax, Valuation
January 2011, English
Most jurisdictions require residential assessments to be proportional to market value, but in practice assessment ratios—assessed value divided by sale price—are often lower for high-priced than low-priced properties. This tendency for assessment ratios to fall as sales prices rise is termed regressivity, because it means that property taxes are a higher percentage of property value […]
Housing, Property Tax, Valuation
Affordable Housing in China
By Joyce Yanyun Man
January 2011, English
Since 1978, the Chinese government has pursued various economic and housing reforms to expand private property rights in housing and to promote home ownership through the commercialization and privatization of urban public housing. This has involved terminating the old system of allocating housing units through public-sector employers and establishing a more market-based system of housing […]
Housing, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance, Urbanization
January 2011, English
Since 1978, the Chinese government has pursued various economic and housing reforms to expand private property rights in housing and to promote home ownership through the commercialization and privatization of urban public housing. This has involved terminating the old system of allocating housing units through public-sector employers and establishing a more market-based system of housing […]
Housing, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance, Urbanization
Patterns of Global Urban Expansion
Implications for the Future
Gregory K. Ingram
January 2011, English
Data from global satellite imagery and new technologies for processing digital maps are facilitating the study of urban expansion on a global scale. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s most recent policy focus report, Making Room for a Planet of Cities, by Shlomo Angel and his colleagues, demonstrates this new capability. It analyzes the spatial […]
Urbanization
January 2011, English
Data from global satellite imagery and new technologies for processing digital maps are facilitating the study of urban expansion on a global scale. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s most recent policy focus report, Making Room for a Planet of Cities, by Shlomo Angel and his colleagues, demonstrates this new capability. It analyzes the spatial […]
Urbanization
La implementación de la reforma del impuesto municipal sobre la propiedad en Brasil
Omar Pinto Domingos
January 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades enfrentan grandes dificultades a la hora de intentar introducir un sistema del impuesto a la propiedad más eficiente. Uno de los desafíos consiste en controlar la alta volatilidad política relacionada con los impuestos que gravan en forma directa los activos, como por ejemplo el impuesto a la propiedad, que posee un alto nivel […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
January 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades enfrentan grandes dificultades a la hora de intentar introducir un sistema del impuesto a la propiedad más eficiente. Uno de los desafíos consiste en controlar la alta volatilidad política relacionada con los impuestos que gravan en forma directa los activos, como por ejemplo el impuesto a la propiedad, que posee un alto nivel […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
Implementing Local Property Tax Reform in Brazil
Omar Pinto Domingos
January 2011, English
Cities face major difficulties when attempting to introduce a more efficient property tax system. One such challenge is controlling volatile political issues associated with taxes levied directly on assets, such as the highly visible property tax. The close proximity between the taxing authority and the taxpayer translates into political pressure to reduce taxes and avoid […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
January 2011, English
Cities face major difficulties when attempting to introduce a more efficient property tax system. One such challenge is controlling volatile political issues associated with taxes levied directly on assets, such as the highly visible property tax. The close proximity between the taxing authority and the taxpayer translates into political pressure to reduce taxes and avoid […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
Faculty Profile
Ciro Biderman
January 2011, English
Ciro Biderman is an associate professor in the graduate and undergraduate programs in public administration and in economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo; associate researcher at the Center for the Study of the Politics and Economics of the Public Sector (CEPESP/FGV); and associate researcher at the Metropolis Laboratory of Urbanism at São […]
Economic Development, Housing, Informal Settlements
January 2011, English
Ciro Biderman is an associate professor in the graduate and undergraduate programs in public administration and in economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo; associate researcher at the Center for the Study of the Politics and Economics of the Public Sector (CEPESP/FGV); and associate researcher at the Metropolis Laboratory of Urbanism at São […]
Economic Development, Housing, Informal Settlements
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