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1. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2022
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Ph.D., Bethany P. Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This report focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–school...

2. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

3. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

4. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

5. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

6. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

   Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2009
   John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

   This report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...

7. The Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Diciembre 2007
   Daphne A. Kenyon

   This report seeks to correct common misconceptions surrounding the practice of relying on the proprety tax to fund public schools. Through a comprehensive review of research and seven case studies,...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. 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...