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1. The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. Walters

   Administering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...

2. Land Value Capture and Justice

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan S. Fainstein

   In this paper, Susan S. Fainstein examines the arguments for using land value capture for distributive purposes. Her assertion is founded on Henry George’s idea that land value increments created by...

3. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

4. Community Benefits Agreements in a Value Capture Context

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Laura Wolf-Powers

   Laura Wolf-Powers discusses how community benefits agreements (CBAs) enable community organizations and special interest groups in the vicinity of a development project to negotiate with developers...

5. Science Parks and Land Value Capture

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Michael I. Luger and Justyna Dabrowska

   Some value capture approaches are tailored for specific development projects. For instance, the science park has become a popular form of town-gown partnership used to boost local economic...

6. Airport Improvement Fees, Benefit Spillovers, and Land Value Capture Mechanisms

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Anming Zhang

   Airports may use land value capture as a funding source for infrastructure improvements. Anming Zhang explores the questions of how positive externalities generated by airports should be internalized...

7. Experimenting with Land Value Capture on Western State Trust Land

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan Culp and Dan Hunting

   The use of land value capture to finance investments in state trust land is another potential extension of the concept. Traditionally, state trust land has been leased to private companies and...

8. Governance Structures and Financial Authority in Submunicipal Districts

   Implications for Fiscal Performance
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Robert J. Eger III and Richard C. Feiock

   Submunicipal governments are established or chartered by the state or city and operate like private corporations with oversight boards. They have the authority to adopt corporate names, make bylaws,...

9. Illustrating the Effects of Business Improvement Districts on Municipal Coffers

   Does a Rising Tide Compensate for the Secession of the Successful?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Leah Brooks and Rachel Meltzer

   Among the different types of submunicipal governments, business improvement districts (BIDs), have become increasingly popular in the United States and elsewhere. According to Leah Brooks and Rachel...

10. Does TIF Make It More Difficult to Manage Municipal Budgets?

    A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2010
    David F. Merriman

    Tax increment financing districts (TIFs) are an approach that involves the designation of a special district to create a nexus between revenues and spending. TIF districts are authorized in almost...