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The Impact of Property Taxes and Property Tax Classification on Business Activity
Documentos de trabajoEnero 1999Richard F. Dye, Therese McGuire, and David MerrimanWe 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...
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Improving the Accuracy of Downtown Land Assessments
Documentos de trabajoNoviembre 1999Richard Ashley, Florenz Plassmann, and Nicolaus TidemanA 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...
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Public Values and Conservation Land
A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MADocumentos de trabajoSeptiembre 1999Charles J. FausoldThis 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....
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Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress
The Case of CaliforniaDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 1999Jeffrey I. ChapmanThis 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...
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State Property Rights Laws
The Impacts of Those Laws on My LandEnfoques en políticas de sueloAbril 1999Harvey M. JacobsThe 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...
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Using Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use Disputes
A Guidebook for Public OfficialsLibrosJulio 1999Lawrence Susskind, Ole Amundsen, and Masahiro MatsuuraAs 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,...
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Land Lines, November 1999
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis 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...
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Land Lines, September 1999
Revista Land LinesSeptiembre 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis 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...
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Land Lines, July 1999
Revista Land LinesJulio 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis 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...
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Land Lines, May 1999
Revista Land LinesMayo 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis 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...
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