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1. Further Development and Practical Application of Market-Based Land Mass Appraisal On-Line System for Land Taxation

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2008
   Arturas Kaklauskas, Arvydas Bagdonavicius and Albina Aleksiene

   Multiple Criteria Value Model was developed. Analysis of criteria system being used by Lithuanian State Enterprise Centre of Registers for mass valuation of land was performed. Proposal and...

2. Property Taxation and Residential Density

   Theory and Empirics
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   Richard W. England and Ju-Chin Huang

   In this paper, we first theorize about the size of a house constructed on a residential lot, measured by height and footprint area. We hypothesize that the property tax rate will have a negative...

3. How Differences in Property Taxes within Cities Affect Urban Sprawl

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2008
   Yan Song and Yves Zenou

   This article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between the differentiated property tax within urban areas and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We first develop a theoretical model in which the...

4. The Land Tax Is Pretty Neutral

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2008
   N. Edward Coulson and Herman Li

   The inelastic supply of land suggests that taxation of land might be neutral. Feldstein (1977) suggests otherwise, in that taxation reduces risk, and this may raise demand among risk-averse lenders....

5. Property Taxation in Illinois

   A Framework for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2008
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   Illinois is one of 23 states that limit both local property tax rates and property tax revenues. Because of its importance to local government finance, reforms of the Illinois property tax system are...

6. The Effect of Property Taxes on Location Decisions

   Evidence From the Market for Second Homes
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2008
   Erik Johnson and Randall Walsh

   While there exists a large empirical literature on the capitalization of property taxes into home prices, very little work has been done to identify the effect of differences in property taxes on...

7. Property Tax Circuit Breakers in 2007

   Features, Use, and Policy Issues
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   John H. Bowman

   This paper provides an overview of the nature, development, extent, and effect of residential property tax relief programs in the United States. Its major focus is on circuit breakers, which target...

8. Property Tax Assessment Limits

   Lessons from Thirty Years of Experience
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2008
   Mark Haveman and Terri A. Sexton

   During the 30 years since California adopted its groundbreaking tax limitation measure known as Proposition 13, pressure has persisted for states to adopt various forms of property tax relief. These...

9. Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization

   A Developing Country Perspective
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Roy Bahl

   Despite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...

10. Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning

    Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2008
    William A. Fischel

    In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...