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Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress
The Case of CaliforniaDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 1999Jeffrey I. ChapmanThis working paper defines and extends the concepts of local government autonomy and local government fiscal autonomy, examining them as potential necessary conditions for a Tiebout equilibrium. It...
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Local Property Taxation
An AssessmentRevista Land LinesMayo 1999Wallace E. OatesThe property tax is, in my view, a good local tax, though it is far from perfect. Relative to the other tax bases available to local government, I think the property tax gets high marks, in spite of...
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A Politician’s Appraisal of Property Taxation
Israel’s Experience with the ArnonaDocumentos de trabajoSeptiembre 1999Dan DarinThroughout the world, governments are searching for better taxation systems than those we are familiar with to finance the activities of local authorities. Every known local taxation system includes...
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Public Values and Conservation Land
A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MADocumentos de trabajoSeptiembre 1999Charles J. FausoldThis paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts....
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The Potential for a Property Tax in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 1999C. Kurt Zorn, Jean Tesche, and Gary C. CorniaIn November 1995 the Dayton Peace Accords were signed, ending a three-and-one-half-year war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite being constituted as a single country under the Accords, Bosnia and...
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Using Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use Disputes
A Guidebook for Public OfficialsLibrosJulio 1999Lawrence Susskind, Ole Amundsen, and Masahiro MatsuuraAs land use issues become more complex, it is difficult for public officials to balance the contending forces of environmental protection, economic development, and local autonomy. This guidebook,...
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Land Lines, May 1999
Revista Land LinesMayo 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue explores municipal forms of taxation—including the hoped-for establishment of a property tax—in El Salvador’s capital; the challenges of implementing land and building...
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Legal Suggestions for Enacting Land Value Taxation
Documentos de trabajoMayo 1999Steven B. CordIf production is taxed, then producers are penalized, but if locations are taxed, then landowners are encouraged to use their sites more productively, thereby promoting economic growth and jobs. Land...
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Land Lines, November 1999
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue explores human rights and eviction issues experienced by Colombia’s impoverished urban populations, the implementation of property taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a reassessment...
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Land Lines, September 1999
Revista Land LinesSeptiembre 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue looks at urban development options for California’s agricultural Central Valley region; problems of, and recommendations for, the property tax system of Porto Alegre, Brazil; and a...
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