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1. The Debt Magnitude and Insolvency Risk of Local Financing Platforms in China

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2013
   Yang He and Joyce Yanyun Man

   Policy makers and researchers have been debating the financial health of Chinese local government debt after the global financial crisis. However, the lack of transparency makes it difficult to full...

2. The State of Local Government Pensions

   A Preliminary Inquiry
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2012
   Tracy M. Gordon, Heather M. Rose, and Ilana Fischer

   State government pensions have attracted considerable media and scholarly attention. Less well understood are the nation’s 3,196 locally administered plans. This paper represents a first step toward...

3. Local Land Use Planning and Climate Change Policy

   Summary Report from Focus Groups and Interviews With Local Officials in the Intermountain West
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2009
   David Metz and Curtis Below

   Planning for climate change entails many challenges, and in the Intermountain West this may be particularly so. In early 2009, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz...

4. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Local Economies

   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2009
   Rosalind H. Bark

   The Intermountain West is in the bull’s eye of climate change impacts in the United States. Climate change impacts will range from increased risk of droughts, floods and wildfires, landscape level...

5. Can Leasing Public Land Be An Alternative Source of Local Public Finance?

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 1996
   Yu-Hung Hong

   Governments of some former socialist countries and the People’s Republic of China are thinking of leasing, instead of selling, public land. One objective of land leasing is to capture the...

6. Pension Legacy Costs and Local Government Finances

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2012
   Richard F. Dye and Tracy M. Gordon

   Local government pensions are significantly underfunded because many governments have not set aside enough funds each year to cover the liabilities incurred. In effect, they are borrowing to pay for...

7. What the Housing Crisis Means for State and Local Governments

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2010
   Kim Rueben and Serena Lei

   While the housing market and the economy are closely intertwined, the severe drop in state tax revenues can largely be attributed to the broader economic downturn, not the housing crisis specifically.

8. City Tech: These Routes Are Made for Charging

   Revista Land Lines
   Mayo 2023
   By Rob Walker, May 31, 2023

   Pilot projects in Detroit and other cities are testing wireless roads that charge electric vehicles on the go

9. Navigating State and Local Finance

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2007
   Kim Rueben, Therese McGuire, and Susan Kellam

   Ensuring sufficient revenues going forward, as well as having the flexibility to revamp fiscal structures, will be important for state and local governments, especially due to growing future spending...

10. Local Government and Property Tax Reform in South Africa

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2000
    Riël C.D. Franzsen

    Since first holding democratic elections at the national and provincial levels in 1994, South Africa has undertaken far-reaching constitutional changes. Arguably, the most fundamental transformation...