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1. Local Nonproperty Revenues

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

   In 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...

2. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

3. An Analysis of Alternative Revenue Sources for Local Governments

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson

   In this paper, David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson evaluate the property tax, local sales tax, and local income tax using a standard set of criteria, including efficiency, equity, tax base...

4. Premio Lincoln al periodismo sobre políticas urbanas, desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático

   Oportunidades de becas
   Julio 2023

5. 2023 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Oportunidades de becas
   Enero 2023

6. 2021 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Fellowship
   Oportunidades de becas
   Enero 2021

   This program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior economists.

7. Land Value Taxation as a Method of Financing Municipal Expenditures in U.S. Cities

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Richard W. England

   To what extent could local governments employ land and property taxation to recoup a portion of these land values for financing local services and infrastructure? Richard W. England tackles this...

8. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

9. Taxing Land and Property in Emerging Economies

   Raising Revenue . . . and More?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack

   Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack examine the potential of land and property taxation in developing and transition countries. Bird and Slack present a less optimistic view of the use of land and...

10. Assessing the Nonprofit Property Tax Exemption

    Should Nonprofit Entities Be Taxed for Using Local Public Goods?
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2012
    Joseph J. Cordes

    There has been a prolonged debate on whether local governments should grant nonprofit organizations tax exemptions for owning real property. At the core of this debate is an issue related to value...