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1. Property Taxation and Local Government Finance

   Libros
   Septiembre 2001
   Edited by Wallace E. Oates

   The property tax is unpopular among both scholars and taxpayers, yet many scholars have proposed ideas to rehabilitate this tax and its role in local public finance. Based on a 2000 Lincoln Institute...

2. Property Tax in Africa

   Status, Challenges, and Prospects
   Libros
   Junio 2017
   Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

   “This one-of-a-kind study is an indispensable source for academics and policy makers who seek to explore the virtues of the property tax. The relevance of this volume clearly transcends the...

3. The Tiebout Model at Fifty

   Essays in Public Economics in Honor of Wallace Oates
   Libros
   Junio 2006
   Edited by William A. Fischel

   The Tiebout Model at Fifty commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Charles Tiebout’s enormously influential 1956 article, “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures,” and honors the...

4. 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...

5. 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-...

6. 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...

7. The Property Tax and Local Autonomy

   Libros
   Marzo 2010
   Edited by Michael E. Bell, David Brunori and Joan Youngman

   Some of the nation’s leading scholars of government and public finance provide their views on the consequences of a declining property tax base. They show local government officials and others...

8. Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property Tax

   Libros
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...

9. Erosion of the Property Tax Base

   Trends, Causes, and Consequences
   Libros
   Mayo 2009
   Edited by Nancy Y. Augustine, Michael E. Bell, David Brunori, and Joan M. Youngman

   Increased reliance on residential property to generate tax revenue and soaring property values in many parts of the country have placed pressure on local officials to respond to concerns about higher...

10. Making the Property Tax Work

    Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries
    Libros
    Marzo 2008
    Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

    This book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...