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The Economics of Conservation Easements
PonenciasMayo 2007Andrew J. PlantingaEnvironmental preservation—or more specifically conservation easements—is an area of public action that affects property values. According to Andrew J. Plantinga, by 2005 about 3.9 million acres of...
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Land Value Taxation as a Method of Financing Municipal Expenditures in U.S. Cities
PonenciasMayo 2007To 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...
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The United Kingdom’s Experience in Revitalizing Inner Cities
PonenciasMayo 2007Peter HallPeter Hall discusses chronologically the urban regeneration effects undertaken in the United Kingdom over the past 30 years. The British urban development patterns discussed by Hall are very...
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Community Land Trusts and Housing Affordability
PonenciasMayo 2007Steven C. BourassaThe U.S. government housing programs for assisting low-income families are administered largely at the state and local levels, and they include the Section 8 (Housing Choice Voucher) program, Section...
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Multiple-Home Ownership and the Income Elasticity of Housing Demand
PonenciasMayo 2007Eric Belsky, Zhu Xiao Di, and Dan McCueAn interesting trend in the U.S. housing market is the growing number of households owning second homes. This topic is of interest because households that divide their consumption of housing services...
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Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets
How Well Are They Working?PonenciasMayo 2007David E. DowallAs does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...
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Analyzing Land Readjustment
Economics, Law and Collective ActionLibrosAbril 2007Edited by Yu-Hung Hong and Barrie NeedhamGreat effort has been devoted to the precise delineation and assignment of the legal and physical boundaries of private property. Yet, issues of unifying or assembling private property rights for...
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Recently posted working papers
Entradas de blogOctubre 2007