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1. 2023 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Oportunidades de becas
   Enero 2023

2. 2021 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Fellowship
   Oportunidades de becas
   Enero 2021

   This program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior economists.

3. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

4. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

5. The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. Walters

   Administering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...

6. The Location Effects of Alternative Road-Pricing Policies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Alex Anas

   Just as physical infrastructure affects urban development patterns, the taxation of motor vehicle use and the pricing of road infrastructure shape land policy by affecting location choices and land...

7. Does TIF Make It More Difficult to Manage Municipal Budgets?

   A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David F. Merriman

   Tax increment financing districts (TIFs) are an approach that involves the designation of a special district to create a nexus between revenues and spending. TIF districts are authorized in almost...

8. Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning

   Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   William A. Fischel

   In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...

9. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   The traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...

10. The Efficiency and Equity of Tiebout in the United States

    Taxes, Services, and Property Values
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2007
    Thomas J. Nechyba

    Land use control is not the only public action that can affect property values; local service provisions and environmental conservation also play a role. From the Tiebout perspective, Thomas J....