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1. Successful Property Tax Reform: The Case of Massachusetts

   Educación a distancia
   Enero 26, 2022
   Faculty: Karl E. Case, Jane Malme, and Ronald Rakow

   This course examines the deep problems of the Massachusetts property tax in the 1970s and the subsequent reforms that created one of the most functional and fair systems in the United States.

2. Geotecnologías Aplicadas a Políticas de Suelo

   Educación a distancia
   Octubre 8, 2018
   Profesores: Rosario Casanova, Julián Morales, Mario Andrés Piumetto, Everton Da Silva

   Tiene como propósitos difundir el potencial de las geotecnologías, demostrando como la aplicación de los SIG y los datos geográficos adecuados hacen más eficiente el uso de los instrumentos de gestión de suelo.

3. Fundamentos del Catastro Multifinalitario y Políticas de Suelo

   Educación a distancia
   Marzo 18, 2017
   Profesores: Carlos Basilio, Julián Morales , Mario Andrés Piumetto, Miguel Águila

   El curso busca presentar los conceptos básicos y el modelo de catastro necesario para una mejor gestión urbana en las ciudades.

4. 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...

5. Not by the Hand of Horace Mann

   How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   William A. Fischel

   This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. Institutions and Politics of Metropolitan Management

    Ponencias
    Abril 2013
    Inder Sud and Serder Yilmaz

    In this paper by Inder Sud and Serdar Yilmaz, the authors point out the fact that metropolitan cities play a vital role in economic development. In most countries they account for a significant share...