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1. The Impact of Property Taxes and Property Tax Classification on Business Activity

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 1999
   Richard F. Dye, Therese McGuire, and David Merriman

   We investigate the extent to which Chicago’s unusual system of property taxation, whereby commercial and industrial property is “classified” and assessed at a higher rate in Cook...

2. Improving the Accuracy of Downtown Land Assessments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 1999
   Richard Ashley, Florenz Plassmann, and Nicolaus Tideman

   A tax that is levied on the value of land alone, irrespective of any improvements to land, does not cause any economic distortions. Levying such a tax requires an ability to estimate the value of...

3. Public Values and Conservation Land

   A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 1999
   Charles J. Fausold

   This paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts....

4. Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress

   The Case of California
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 1999
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   This working paper defines and extends the concepts of local government autonomy and local government fiscal autonomy, examining them as potential necessary conditions for a Tiebout equilibrium. It...

5. State Property Rights Laws

   The Impacts of Those Laws on My Land
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Abril 1999
   Harvey M. Jacobs

   The conservative land use movement that emerged in the 1990s to promote the interests of private property owners has pursued a vigorous legislative agenda at all levels of government. All 50 state...

6. Using Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use Disputes

   A Guidebook for Public Officials
   Libros
   Julio 1999
   Lawrence Susskind, Ole Amundsen, and Masahiro Matsuura

   As land use issues become more complex, it is difficult for public officials to balance the contending forces of environmental protection, economic development, and local autonomy. This guidebook,...

7. Land Lines, November 1999

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 1999
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores human rights and eviction issues experienced by Colombia’s impoverished urban populations, the implementation of property taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a reassessment...

8. Land Lines, September 1999

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 1999
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at urban development options for California’s agricultural Central Valley region; problems of, and recommendations for, the property tax system of Porto Alegre, Brazil; and a...

9. Land Lines, July 1999

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 1999
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights the education of U.S. policymakers and communities about sprawl and suburban growth management; and the need for a more effective land value policy framework in order to provide...

10. Land Lines, May 1999

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 1999
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue explores municipal forms of taxation—including the hoped-for establishment of a property tax—in El Salvador’s capital; the challenges of implementing land and building...