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1. 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...

2. Foreclosures and Neighborhoods

   The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage Crisis
   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Dan Immergluck

   This paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...

3. An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets

   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Joyce Y. Man

   In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. Transport Costs of School Choice

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Kevin Krizek, Elizabeth Wilson, Ryan Wilson, and Julian Marshall

   In this paper, the authors examine the role that transport costs play in school choice. They note that the average per pupil cost for transportation among U.S. school districts was $570 in 2010 (...

7. What Is the Value of Infrastructure Maintenance?

   A Survey
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Felix Rioja

   Public infrastructure has been established as the foundation for the productive activities of a country. Road and rail networks, water systems, power generating and distribution systems, and...

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. Metropolitan Public Finance

    An Overview
    Ponencias
    Abril 2013
    Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack

    This paper by Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack is based on their observation that not all big cities are very rich, but they are all, by definition, big, and most of them are also rich relative to...