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1. Chicago’s commercial ‘doom-loop’ could result in a property tax hike on homeowners as large as 22%

   Wirepoints
   Mayo 23, 2023
   El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias

2. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Febrero 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...

3. Los costos ocultos del TIF

   Recapacitar sobre una herramienta elogiada para el desarrollo económico
   Revista Land Lines
   Febrero 2019
   Por Anthony Flint

   Desde sus inicios, en la década de 1950, el financiamiento por incremento tributario se enraizó en todo Estados Unidos como mecanismo popular para la financiación pública...

4. Property Taxation in Illinois

   A Framework for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2008
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   Illinois is one of 23 states that limit both local property tax rates and property tax revenues. Because of its importance to local government finance, reforms of the Illinois property tax system are...

5. An Unfettered Property Tax in Illinois

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2007
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   We evaluate property tax systems using the economic criteria of equity, efficiency and simplicity. We apply these criteria in an evaluation of both a stylized constrained property tax system in which...

6. Ask and Ye Shall Receive?

   Predicting the Successful Appeal of Property Tax Assessments
   Documentos de trabajo
   Febrero 2006
   Rachel N. Weber and Daniel P. McMillen

   How does the relative lack of comparable sales in a neighborhood influence the frequency of property assessment appeal applications and their likelihood of success? Using a data set of appeals...

7. Valuing Land and Improvements in Thin Markets

   Does the Frequency of Sales Cause Property Tax Inequities?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2006
   Rachel N. Weber and Daniel P. McMillen

   Few studies have attempted to explain the well-documented tendency for lower-priced properties to receive higher assessment. We argue that the absence of market information and the assessor’s...

8. 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...

9. The Hidden Costs of TIF

   Reconsidering a Vaunted Economic Development Tool
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2018
   By Anthony Flint

   Since its inception in the 1950s, tax increment financing has taken hold across the United States as a popular public-finance mechanism. But critics say this approach favors the private sector, while...

10. Land Lines, January 2000

    Revista Land Lines
    Enero 2000
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue explores the public debate surrounding land market regulation policies in Chile as well as shortcomings of, and recommendations for, the property tax classification system in Chicago and...