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The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas
PonenciasAbril 2013Roy W. BahlThe theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...
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The Affordability Challenge
Inclusionary Housing and Community Land Trusts in a Federal SystemPonenciasMayo 2012Richard P. Voith and Susan M. WachterRichard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter discuss the relationship between building durable affordable housing and land value capture, using inclusionary housing requirements and community land trusts (...
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Airport Improvement Fees, Benefit Spillovers, and Land Value Capture Mechanisms
PonenciasMayo 2012Anming ZhangAirports 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...
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Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism
PonenciasMayo 2008Thomas J. NechybaThe 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...
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U.S. Urban Revitalization in the Twenty-First Century
Hopeful SignsPonenciasMayo 2007Eugénie L. BirchEugénie L. Birch discusses past attempts by municipalities to revitalize U.S. inner cities. The U.S. urban renewal strategies described by Birch are similar in many ways to the British urban...
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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...