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1. Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets

   How Well Are They Working?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   David E. Dowall

   As does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...

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. The Efficiency and Equity of Tiebout in the United States

   Taxes, Services, and Property Values
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   Land use control is not the only public action that can affect property values; local service provisions and environmental conservation also play a role. From the Tiebout perspective, Thomas J....

4. School Quality, School Choice, and Residential Mobility

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Eric Brunner

   Eric J. Brunner reviews two areas of research concerning the link between residential location and school quality: (1) the long-standing and growing literature on the effects of a residentially based...

5. The School Attendance and Residential Location Balancing Act

   Community, Choice, Diversity, and Achievement
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Ellen Goldring and Walker Swain

   Ellen B. Goldring and Walker Swain evaluate the impact parental choices have on residential location and schooling. This paper is divided into three loosely chronological sections that focus in turn...

6. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   The traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...

7. Strengthening Urban Industry

   The Importance of Infrastructure and Location
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Nancey Green Leigh

   Within urban policy development and planning practice, a little acknowledged conflict exists: efforts to increase population density and promote more effective use of grey infrastructure—built...

8. The Affordability Challenge

   Inclusionary Housing and Community Land Trusts in a Federal System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter

   Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter discuss the relationship between building durable affordable housing and land value capture, using inclusionary housing requirements and community land trusts (...