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The Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma
December 2007, English
December 2007, English
An Unfettered Property Tax in Illinois
December 2007, English
December 2007, English
November 2007, English
Catastro multifinalitario aplicado a la definición de políticas de suelo urbano
November 2007, Spanish
November 2007, Spanish
Navigating State and Local Finance
October 2007, English
Past trends will not foretell the future, but charting how state and local finances weathered the 2001 recession suggests viable ways to navigate going forward. Lacking the deficit finance ability of the federal government, states and localities must set a spending course based on anticipated taxes and revenues. An unexpected crisis-like the stock bubble burst […]
October 2007, English
Past trends will not foretell the future, but charting how state and local finances weathered the 2001 recession suggests viable ways to navigate going forward. Lacking the deficit finance ability of the federal government, states and localities must set a spending course based on anticipated taxes and revenues. An unexpected crisis-like the stock bubble burst […]
September 2007, English
August 2007, English
Surprise!
An Unintended Consequence of Assessment Limitations
July 2007, English
Public policy changes often have unintended consequences—side effects, feedback effects, benefits to individuals not in the target group, unexpected costs, perverse incentives, new opportunities to game the system, and the like. Early experiences with assessment limitation measures reveal an unanticipated result: some property owners seemingly targeted to benefit from lower assessments may be harmed instead.
July 2007, English
Public policy changes often have unintended consequences—side effects, feedback effects, benefits to individuals not in the target group, unexpected costs, perverse incentives, new opportunities to game the system, and the like. Early experiences with assessment limitation measures reveal an unanticipated result: some property owners seemingly targeted to benefit from lower assessments may be harmed instead.
