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Local Property Tax Reform
Prospects and Politics
July 1996, English
To what extent are problems of distressed urban areas attributable to the property tax, and how can changes in property taxation help remedy urban decline? Political leaders, policy analysts and public finance experts gathered to discuss this complex and controversial issue during a Lincoln Institute seminar in New Haven on March 15. John DeStefano, Jr., […]
July 1996, English
To what extent are problems of distressed urban areas attributable to the property tax, and how can changes in property taxation help remedy urban decline? Political leaders, policy analysts and public finance experts gathered to discuss this complex and controversial issue during a Lincoln Institute seminar in New Haven on March 15. John DeStefano, Jr., […]
Is Federal Tax Policy for Real Estate in the Public Interest?
July 1996, English
The idea of reducing or abolishing capital gains taxes to encourage private investment and general economic growth often comes up in state and national political campaigns. Advocates of cutting these taxes argue that if investors could keep their gains, they would invest them in new enterprises, thereby creating new jobs and strengthening local economies. The […]
July 1996, English
The idea of reducing or abolishing capital gains taxes to encourage private investment and general economic growth often comes up in state and national political campaigns. Advocates of cutting these taxes argue that if investors could keep their gains, they would invest them in new enterprises, thereby creating new jobs and strengthening local economies. The […]
Land Lines, July 1996
July 1996, English
July 1996, English
June 1996, English
Effects of Urban Density on Rail Transit
May 1996, English
Despite the long-term and continuing trend away from central business districts and toward suburban development, a number of factors are motivating recent attention to rail transit. These factors include: concerns about the negative impact of auto-oriented sprawl desires to reduce air pollution and energy consumption interest in rebuilding urban communities need to provide access and […]
May 1996, English
Despite the long-term and continuing trend away from central business districts and toward suburban development, a number of factors are motivating recent attention to rail transit. These factors include: concerns about the negative impact of auto-oriented sprawl desires to reduce air pollution and energy consumption interest in rebuilding urban communities need to provide access and […]
Brown Named President
May 1996, English
We are delighted to welcome Dr. H. James Brown as president of the Lincoln Institute, announces Kathryn J. Lincoln, chair of the Institute’s Board of Directors and of the Search Committee. “Jim is an accomplished and innovative academician who has served on the faculty of Harvard University for the past 26 years. He has also […]
May 1996, English
We are delighted to welcome Dr. H. James Brown as president of the Lincoln Institute, announces Kathryn J. Lincoln, chair of the Institute’s Board of Directors and of the Search Committee. “Jim is an accomplished and innovative academician who has served on the faculty of Harvard University for the past 26 years. He has also […]
Kathryn J. Lincoln Succeeds David Lincoln as Institute Board Chair
May 1996, English
David Lincoln is stepping down as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy after 22 years of service. Mr. Lincoln became the chair at the inception of the Lincoln Institute in 1974 and has played a major role in its development. He remains on the Institute Board and continues […]
May 1996, English
David Lincoln is stepping down as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy after 22 years of service. Mr. Lincoln became the chair at the inception of the Lincoln Institute in 1974 and has played a major role in its development. He remains on the Institute Board and continues […]
Sustainable Development in the Mekong River Basin
May 1996, English
The mighty Mekong, tenth largest river in the world, faces conflicting pressures for developing its floodplains and harnessing its powerful flow, which spans 4200 kilometers from the Himalayas through China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea. Turbulence characterizes the river’s upper portions, but the lower Mekong is more placid, and annual […]
May 1996, English
The mighty Mekong, tenth largest river in the world, faces conflicting pressures for developing its floodplains and harnessing its powerful flow, which spans 4200 kilometers from the Himalayas through China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea. Turbulence characterizes the river’s upper portions, but the lower Mekong is more placid, and annual […]
