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1. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Febrero 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...

2. 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study

   For Taxes Paid in 2018
   Otro
   Junio 2019
   Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence

   View the latest version of the Property Tax Comparison Study. As the largest source of revenue raised by local governments, a well-functioning property tax system is critical for promoting municipal...

3. The Unmalling of America

   How Municipalities Are Navigating the Changing Retail Landscape
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2019
   By Gregory Scruggs, December 16, 2019

   For decades, shopping malls have been a major source of local property and sales tax revenue. But with malls across the country losing tenants and the media proclaiming a retail apocalypse, local...

4. Taxes and Economic Development

   An Update on the State of the Economics Literature
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2019
   Andrew Hanson

   There is a large literature examining the effect of taxes and tax concessions on local economic development, but the last comprehensive review of taxes and economic development was Wasylenko (1997),...

5. Place Database

   Contest Winners Use Maps to Tell Stories of Place
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2019
   By Emma Zehner, November 15, 2019

   The winning projects from The Place Database Contest explored complex policy questions related to climate mitigation, affordable housing, and sprawl. The contest asked participants to use The Place...

6. Economic Development

   Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?
   Revista Land Lines
   Agosto 2019
   By Will Jason, August 20, 2019

   Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?

7. Residential Property Taxation in New York City

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2019
   Moses Gates

   This working paper sets forth the recent history and current structure of New York City’s residential property tax system, as well as large-scale inequities, possible points of needed reform,...

8. Recessionary Property Taxes

   Evidence from Maryland
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2019
   Andrew T. Hayashi

   Property taxes are often credited for stabilizing local government revenues during contractions, but this revenue stabilization can have destabilizing effects on households. In this paper I explore...

9. Property Tax

   Fifty-State Study Details Growing Tax Breaks for Longtime Homeowners
   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2019
   By Will Jason, June 25, 2019 

   In states with property tax assessment limits, tax breaks for longtime homeowners are growing at the expense of new homeowners, a new study shows.

10. A New Podcast

    Let's Talk TIF
    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2019
    By Anthony Flint, May 28, 2019

    Tax increment financing is one of the most widely used—and least understood—public finance mechanisms in the U.S. today. David Merriman, one of the foremost experts on TIF, talks about what communities and states can do to avoid the pitfalls.