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Land Value Return
Tools to Finance Our Urban FutureResúmenes de políticas públicasEnero 2020Lourdes Germán and Allison Ehrich BernsteinCommunities around the world face a crisis of investment, yet they often give away their most valuable resource: land. This policy brief lays out how the public sector can recover and reinvest land...
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Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure
PonenciasMayo 2013Janice A. BeecherIn this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...
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The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property
PonenciasMayo 2013Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. WaltersAdministering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...
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What Is the Value of Infrastructure Maintenance?
A SurveyPonenciasMayo 2013Felix RiojaPublic 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...
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Local Nonproperty Revenues
PonenciasAbril 2013Jorge Martinez-VazquezIn this paper, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez focuses on the current theory and practice of non-property tax assignments to local urban governments in developing and developed countries. Although the...
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Special Assessments in California
35 Years of Expansion and RestrictionPonenciasMayo 2012Dean J. MisczynskiThe use of special assessments in California is one of the longest value capture experiences in the United States. In this paper Dean J. Misczynski describes this instrument and related financing...
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Collecting Land Value Through Public Land Leasing
PonenciasMayo 2012In this paper, John E. Anderson examines the experience of leasing public land in China. Specifically, he addresses the issues related to the adoption of a proposed ad valorem property tax within a...
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Land Value Capture and Justice
PonenciasMayo 2012Susan S. FainsteinIn this paper, Susan S. Fainstein examines the arguments for using land value capture for distributive purposes. Her assertion is founded on Henry George’s idea that land value increments created by...
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Takings and Givings
The Analytics of Land Value Capture and Its Symmetries with Takings CompensationPonenciasMayo 2012Perry ShapiroIn this paper, Perry Shapiro examines the efficiency of value capture by analyzing the symmetries and asymmetries between givings and takings. Ideally, if a government asks landowners to reimburse it...
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The Unearned Increment
Property and the Capture of Betterment Value in Britain and FrancePonenciasMayo 2012Philip A. BoothIn this paper, Philip A. Booth shows land value capture is closely linked to institutions that define property in land. Thus, we need to consider how property has been constructed in the law,...
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