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Lessons from Attempted Utopia
Fairhope, Alabama, and Arden, DelewareDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2004Matthew M. HarrisThe towns of Fairhope, Alabama and Arden Delaware were founded in 1894 and 1900 respectively. Both were intentional communities founded to demonstrate the economic principles advocated by Henry...
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Evaluating the Feasibility and Burden Shifting Impacts of a State Land Value Tax on Commercial and Industrial Property
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2004Mark HavemanIn the most recent general session of the Minnesota state legislature, a bill was introduced to transition the commercial/industrial portion of the state general property tax into a tax on commercial...
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Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and Decline
Evidence from New ZealandDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2004Suzi Kerr, Andrew Aitken, and Arthur GrimesNew Zealand is unusual in that nearly 60% of local services are funded from property taxes. These are a mixture of land taxes, capital value taxes, annual rental value taxes and uniform general...
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An Examination into the Effects of Land Value Taxation in the UK
An Update of the Whitstable Case StudiesDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2004Greg McGill and Frances PlimmerThe aim of this study is to update the valuation exercises which were undertaken in 1963 and 1973 in order to assess the practicability of introducing a Land Value Tax in the UK. The original studies...
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Essay on the Political Economy of Two-Rate Property Taxation
Documentos de trabajoAbril 2004Richard W. EnglandThis paper surveys the various economic arguments in favor of taxing land values more heavily than building values and then explores why two-rate property taxation has not yet been adopted in the...