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Can Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reverse Urban Decline?
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2003Rachel N. WeberTo counteract physical decline, local governments have increasingly relied on a redevelopment tool called Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF allows municipalities to designate an area for improvement...
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Land Lines, October 2003
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2003Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue looks at the shifting political landscape of urban mega-projects in the U.S.; urban renewal actions in a South African township; and the administration of property taxes in Brazil and...
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Reexamining the Property Tax Exemption
Revista Land LinesJulio 2003H. Woods BowmanGovernment-owned property is exempt from local taxes almost everywhere in the United States, but this situation is based less on logic than on now-outdated historical considerations. Remarkably,...
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Full Disclosure
Unexpected Improvements in Property Tax Administration and UniformityRevista Land LinesAbril 2003Gary C. CorniaProposition 13, adopted by a referendum in California in 1978, was the most notable in a series of relatively recent actions to limit the property tax in the United States, and many experts view it...