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1. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

2. Detroit Property Tax Delinquency

   Social Contract in Crisis
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2014
   James Alm, Timothy R. Hodge, Gary Sands, and Mark Skidmore

   As the country reemerges from the real estate crisis, the City of Detroit, Michigan continues to struggle, and is currently in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings. Falling property values have led to...

3. Will a Greenbelt Help to Shrink Detroit’s Wasteland?

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2014
   Mark Skidmore

   The first installment in a two-part series, this article outlines the fiscal causes and repercussions of Detroit’s surplus of vacant, publicly held property, and considers the prospect of...

4. How Do Foreclosures Affect Property Values and Property Taxes?

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2014
   James Alm, Robert D. Buschman, and David L. Sjoquist

   Drawing on proprietary foreclosure data from RealtyTrac—which provides annual foreclosures by zip code for the period 2006 through 2011—this report is the first to examine the impacts of...