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Buy-In for Buyouts
The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood ZonesEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2016Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare BrawleyThis report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...
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A Good Tax
Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United StatesLibrosMarzo 2016“This book makes clear, cogent arguments in support of the property tax, emphasizing transparency and the need for autonomous funding for local government, while dispelling myths about...
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Land and the City
LibrosEnero 2016Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. MoodyThis book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...
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Land Lines, Abril 2016
Revista Land LinesAbril 2016Editado por Maureen ClarkeIn this Spanish-language issue, alternatives to killing the school property tax in Pennsylvania, exploratory scenario planning (XSP) as a tool to contend with the effects of climate change and other irreducible uncertainties, and more.
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Towards Property Tax Compliance
A Case Study of Attitudes Toward Paying Property Taxes in JamaicaDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2016Tina M. F. Beale, Rochelle A. Channer Miller, Amani Ishemo, and Cadien A. Murray-StuartJamaica’s property tax compliance rate has consistently been described as “low,” “dismal,” and “inadequate.” Its performance is of utmost importance to the...
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Could Land-Based Financing Help Create Fiscal Space for Investment by Brazil’s Municipalities?
Documentos de trabajoOctubre 2016David Michael Vetter and Marcia VetterWithin a framework of tight fiscal controls and fiscal discipline, could Brazil’s municipalities generate fiscal space for investment and provision of social needs by increased use of land-...
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Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability in China
Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2016Richard C. FeiockOver the past decade, Chinese local governments have adopted numerous innovations to address pressing social, economic, and environmental concerns. Realizing the limitations of unilateral actions,...
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The Political Economy of Voter Support for School Property Taxation
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2016Lindsay Amiel, Jared Knowles, and Andrew ReschovskyLike a number of other states, Wisconsin places revenue limits on its local school districts. This paper explores the factors that lead school boards to hold referenda to override the limits, and...
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Financiamiento escolar e impuesto sobre la propiedad
Revista Land LinesFebrero 2016Algunos de los debates políticos más significativos acerca del impuesto sobre la propiedad no tienen que ver con el impuesto en sí, sino con el uso de su recaudación para...
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Mensaje del presidente
El camino a El DoradoRevista Land LinesOctubre 2016Este mes, como los conquistadores de los siglos pasados, decenas de miles de personas ascenderán los andes hasta Quito, Ecuador, en busca de El Dorado. Pero, a diferencia de nuestros predecesores...
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