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1. Toward Holistic Landscape Conservation in the 21st Century

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2019
   Michael B. Whitfield

   In America we enjoy an amazing conservation legacy. However, all of Planet Earth is in the midst of an environmental and social crisis. Here in the United States, observers often see conflict between...

2. Harnessing Technology to Accelerate Land Protection

   GIS at The Trust for Public Land
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2019
   Will Rogers

   By developing and using sophisticated mapping and spatial analysis tools, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has been able to dramatically increase its effectiveness in delivering its land-for-people...

3. Taxes and Economic Development

   An Update on the State of the Economics Literature
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2019
   Andrew Hanson

   There is a large literature examining the effect of taxes and tax concessions on local economic development, but the last comprehensive review of taxes and economic development was Wasylenko (1997),...

4. Residential Property Taxation in New York City

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2019
   Moses Gates

   This working paper sets forth the recent history and current structure of New York City’s residential property tax system, as well as large-scale inequities, possible points of needed reform,...

5. Tracking Growth and Evaluating Performance of Shared Equity Homeownership Programs During Housing Market Fluctuations

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2019
   Ruoniu Wang, Claire Cahen, Arthur Acolin, and Rebecca J. Walter

   Editor’s Note: This Working Paper was revised on May 6, 2019, to correct an error on page 12. School proficiency scores for census blocks with shared equity homes were compared to scores for...

6. Recessionary Property Taxes

   Evidence from Maryland
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2019
   Andrew T. Hayashi

   Property taxes are often credited for stabilizing local government revenues during contractions, but this revenue stabilization can have destabilizing effects on households. In this paper I explore...

7. The Tax Autonomy of Local Governments in the United States

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2019
   Andrew Reschovsky

   Statistics on the share of total government tax revenue raised by local governments provide an incomplete picture of local government taxing power. If higher level governments define the local tax...