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1. 2024 C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program

   Oportunidades de becas de posgrado
   Enero 2024

   The Lincoln Institute’s C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists PhD students whose research complements the institute’s interest in property valuation and taxation. Applications are due March 1, 2024, by 6:00 p.m. EST.

2. Property Tax and Urban Sprawl

   Theory and Implications for U.S. Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2005
   Yan Song and Yves Zenou

   This article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between property tax and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We develop a theoretical model that includes households (who are also landlords)and...

3. 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...

4. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

5. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

6. Not by the Hand of Horace Mann

   How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   William A. Fischel

   This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...

7. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   The traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...

8. Land Value Taxation as a Method of Financing Municipal Expenditures in U.S. Cities

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Richard W. England

   To what extent could local governments employ land and property taxation to recoup a portion of these land values for financing local services and infrastructure? Richard W. England tackles this...

9. Zoning Rules!

   The Economics of Land Use Regulation
   Libros
   Julio 2015
   William A. Fischel

   “Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...

10. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land in the United States

    Libros
    Junio 2014
    John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

    This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs...