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Economic Development
Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?Revista Land LinesAgosto 2019By Will Jason, August 20, 2019Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?
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Q & A
Tax Incentives for Amazon HQ2—When Winners End Up Losers?Revista Land LinesSeptiembre 2018By David FrancoAmazon wants tax incentives to locate its second headquarters. Could the costs outweigh the benefits for a city like Boston?
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Land Lines, July 2009
Revista Land LinesJulio 2009Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue explores the American university’s evolved role as a driver of urban development; a joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute to shed light on African...
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Land Lines, July 1996
Revista Land LinesJulio 1996Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue explores strategies for overcoming financial obstacles to smart growth and development in the U.S.; the complex and controversial issue of local property tax reform; and whether federal...
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Munifinanzas
Cómo lograr que los incentivos fiscales funcionen: Lecciones de Boston, MassachusettsRevista Land LinesJunio 2017Por Ronald W. RakowLa utilización de incentivos fiscales para fomentar el crecimiento de la economía ha aumentado en las últimas décadas. En vista de este incremento, es muy importante que los gestores de políticas...
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Muni Finance
Making Tax Incentives Work: Lessons from Boston, MassachusettsRevista Land LinesAbril 2017By Ronald W. RakowThe use of tax incentives to encourage economic growth has increased over the last several decades. Given this escalation, it is important for policy makers to employ techniques that promote growth...
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The Municipal Fiscal Crisis and Payments in Lieu of Taxes by Nonprofits
Revista Land LinesAbril 2011PILOTs are voluntary payments made by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes, but their revenue potential varies across municipalities because of large differences in the impact of...
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The Property Tax and the Fortunes of Older Industrial Cities
Revista Land LinesEnero 2008Barry Bluestone and Chase M. BillinghamDisparities in property tax revenue due to growing gaps in assessed property values between wealthy, fast-growing communities and older industrial cities can lead to uneven development, where the...
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Faculty Profile
Daphne A. KenyonRevista Land LinesJulio 2007Daphne Kenyon, a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, heads D. A. Kenyon & Associates, a public policy consulting firm in Windham, New Hampshire. She also serves on the New...
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What Politicians Know About Land Taxation
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2004Supporters of land taxation view it as an efficient and effective means of financing government, and the concept has wide appeal among public finance scholars. Many economists, including several...
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