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1. 2024 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference

   Eventos
   Abril 19, 2024
   Abby Ostriker, Anna Russo, C. Luke Watson, Nathan Seegert, Mark Skidmore, Camila Alvayay-Torrejon, Erin Troland, and Brent Ambrose

   The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to local fiscal conditions. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.

2. 2023 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference

   Conferencias
   Mayo 18, 2023
   Presenters: Yilin Hou, Dan McMillen, Ruchi Singh, Keith Ihlanfeldt, Luke Rodgers, Sebastien Bradley, Nathan Seegert, Rachel Meltzer, Leah Brooks, Paul Fisher, Soomi Lee

   The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to the fiscal conditions of these places. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.

3. Research on Land-Based Financing Approaches for Climate Action

   Solicitud de propuestas
   Febrero 2023

4. Split-Rate Taxation

   Impacts on Tax Base
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2021
   Zhou Yang and Zackary Hawley

   Municipalities debating land value taxation or split-rate taxation need empirical evidence to understand how the transition of property tax regimes will affect their tax base. Using a valuable data...

5. Split-Rate Taxation and Business Establishment Location

   Evidence from the Pennsylvania Experience
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2021
   Andrew Hanson

   This paper estimates the relationship between business establishment location and split-rate property taxation. Using variation in split-rate adoption and intensity by municipalities across...

6. Assessment of Property Tax Reductions on Tax Delinquency, Tax Foreclosure, and Home Ownership

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2021
   Fernanda Alfaro, Dusan Paredes, and Mark Skidmore

   In this report, we provide an evaluation of the impacts in Detroit of reductions in residential effective tax rates on tax delinquency, property tax foreclosure, and homeownership. The decline in...

7. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

8. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

9. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

   Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2009
   John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

   This report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...

10. A Good Tax

    Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States
    Libros
    Marzo 2016
    Joan Youngman

    “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...