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Local Government Finances During and After the Great Recession
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Using data from the Fiscally Standardized Cities (FiSC) database, Langley documents the impact of the Great Recession on major revenue sources for local governments across the United States.
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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisPonenciasNoviembre 2015Dan ImmergluckThis 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-...
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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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Climate Change and U.S. Cities
Vulnerability, Impacts, and AdaptationsPonenciasNoviembre 2015William SoleckiWilliam Solecki examines the challenge climate change creates for city planning complicated by the fact that barring serious intervention, some urban land may eventually be underwater. Climate change...