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1. An Unfettered Property Tax in Illinois

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2007
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   We evaluate property tax systems using the economic criteria of equity, efficiency and simplicity. We apply these criteria in an evaluation of both a stylized constrained property tax system in which...

2. The History and Purpose of Tax Increment Finance Policy in Wisconsin

   Do Wisconsin Tax Increment Finance Districts Stimulate Growth in Real Estate Values? Do They Contribute to Sprawl?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2007
   Russell Kashian, Mark Skidmore, and David Merriman

   Like other U.S. states, tax increment financing (TIF) is an important component of the development policy landscape in Wisconsin. While the guidelines for the use of TIF are similar to those that...

3. What Happens When a Large City Doesn't Have a Property Tax But Attempts to Enact One

   A Case Study of Mesa Arizona
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2007
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   Mesa, a city with a population of approximately 450,000, is the largest city in the United States without a property tax. It has also grown very rapidly in the last 25 years, although now its growth...

4. Navigating State and Local Finance

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2007
   Kim Rueben, Therese McGuire, and Susan Kellam

   Ensuring sufficient revenues going forward, as well as having the flexibility to revamp fiscal structures, will be important for state and local governments, especially due to growing future spending...

5. Faculty Profile

   Daphne A. Kenyon
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2007

   Daphne Kenyon, a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, heads D. A. Kenyon & Associates, a public policy consulting firm in Windham, New Hampshire. She also serves on the New...

6. Property Taxation in Anglophone Africa

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2007
   Riël C.D. Franzsen

   A well-functioning property tax system could offer many benefits to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. A dependable and locally administered source of revenue would greatly benefit local democracy...

7. Community Land Trusts

   A Solution for Permanently Affordable Housing
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2007
   Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

   The community land trust (CLT) is one mechanism that addresses the need for affordable housing, and it also can be considered an institutional mechanism for capturing socially produced land value.

8. Surprise!

   An Unintended Consequence of Assessment Limitations
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2007
   Richard F. Dye and Daniel P. McMillen

   Early experiences with assessment limitation measures reveal an unanticipated result: some property owners seemingly targeted to benefit from lower assessments may be harmed instead.