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1. The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax

   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Grant Driessen and Steven Sheffrin

   For U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...

2. The Future Role of the Property Tax in the Funding of K12 Education in the United States

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper reviews the role of the property tax in funding K–12 education. At present, local and state governments each contribute a national average of 44 percent of the funds spent on public...

3. Nontraditional Public School Funding Sources

   Trends, Issues, and Outlook
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Henry Coleman

   This paper by Henry A. Coleman examines a wide range of nontraditional revenue sources, including local-option personal income and general sales taxes, user charges and fees, gaming revenues, private...

4. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

5. The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Roy W. Bahl

   The 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...

6. Property Taxes in Metropolitan Cities

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   William J. McCluskey and Riël C. D. Franzsen

   In this paper, William J. McCluskey and Riel C. D. Franzsen review property taxation focusing on metropolitan cities in developing and transitional countries. Since there is no comparative data to...

7. Metropolitan Public Finances

   The Case of Mumbai
   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Abhay Pethe

   In an attempt to understand public finance in metropolitan regions, this paper by Abhay Pethe presents an analysis of the issues faced by one of the most important urban agglomerations in India: the...

8. Local Nonproperty Revenues

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

   In this paper, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez focuses on the current theory and practice of non-property tax assignments to local urban governments in developing and developed countries. Although the...

9. Financing Cities

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Robert P. Inman

   Cities and their surrounding suburban neighborhoods are economic growth agents. Not only do they provide public goods to satisfy the needs of urban residents, but they also supply local...

10. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2010
    Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

    In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...