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Report Urges Reform in Tax Breaks for Rural Land
Comunicados de prensaNoviembre 24, 2015For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 anthony.flint@lincolninst.eduWill Jason 617-503-2254 wjason@lincolninst.edu CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 24, 2015) – The use of preferential tax...
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Protecting Rural Land Through Lower Property Taxes, but Weeding Out “Fake Farmers”
Comunicados de prensaJunio 17, 2014For Immediate ReleaseContact: Anthony Flint 617-503-2116 anthony.flint@lincolninst.edu @landpolicy CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (June 17, 2014) – The policy of lowering property taxes on rural land helps protect...
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Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements
Documentos de trabajoMayo 2006Jeffrey O. Sundberg and Richard F. DyeA variety of tax incentives encourage property owners to place conservation easements on their property. This paper calculates sample tax effects for a range of tax incentives and shows that many...
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Public Values and Conservation Land
A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MADocumentos de trabajoSeptiembre 1999Charles J. FausoldThis paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts....
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Should Decreases in Property Value Caused by Regulations Be Compensated?
PonenciasMayo 2009Abraham BellIdeally, government could recoup the benefits of land use planning and redistribute them to those who bear the costs. In this case takings compensation is justified. Given the reciprocal nature of...
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Private Conservation Easements
Balancing Private Initiative and the Public InterestPonenciasMayo 2009A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...
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Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making
PonenciasMayo 2008Shelby GerkingShelby Gerking analyzes the effect of state tax rates on the disposal of chlorinated solvent wastes in the United States. He finds that changes in the disposal costs of these chemicals as a result of...
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A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection
PonenciasMayo 2008Hilary SigmanHilary Sigman presents a cross-country analysis of the relationships between decentralization and environmental quality. She employs four measures in her study: (1) access to improved sanitation; (2...
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Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery
A Tournament ApproachPonenciasMayo 2008Clifford F. ZinnesInterjurisdictional competition under fiscal decentralization may give local governments the incentive to lower their environmental policy standards or grant businesses with lucrative tax exemptions...
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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...