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1. Successful Property Tax Reform: The Case of Massachusetts

   Educación a distancia
   Enero 26, 2022
   Faculty: Karl E. Case, Jane Malme, and Ronald Rakow

   This course examines the deep problems of the Massachusetts property tax in the 1970s and the subsequent reforms that created one of the most functional and fair systems in the United States.

2. Should the Proposition 2½ tax limit get the ax?

   Boston.com
   Mayo 24, 2023
   El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias

3. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

4. 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....

5. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

6. Land and the City

   Libros
   Enero 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This 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...

7. Zoning Rules!

   The Economics of Land Use Regulation
   Libros
   Julio 2015
   William A. Fischel

   “Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...

8. Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property Tax

   Libros
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...

9. Q & A

   Tax Incentives for Amazon HQ2—When Winners End Up Losers?
   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2018
   By David Franco

   Amazon wants tax incentives to locate its second headquarters. Could the costs outweigh the benefits for a city like Boston?

10. Boston Tallies Nonprofits' Cash Payments, But Some Critics Say They Still Fall Short

    Boston Globe
    Septiembre 11, 2019
    El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias