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1. Access to Land, Local Taxes and Financing of Urban Development

   The Case of Santiago, Chile
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2007
   Camilo Arriagada Luco and Daniela Simioni

   This document is a report on research conducted as part of the Latin America Program of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, intended to contribute to the production of applied research and...

2. Use Value Assessments and the Costs to Local Governments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2013
   Daniel Coogan, Michael E. Bell, and David Brunori

   This paper addresses several issues related to states’ programs for use-value assessments on agricultural and forest land. The paper identifies and describes each state’s preferential use...

3. Una hacienda local pobre

   Los determinantes de la recaudación predial en México
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2017
   Mónica Unda Gutiérrez

   What explains variation in property tax collection in Mexico? This project explores economic, political, and administrative factors explaining the level of property tax collection through a mixed-...

4. Recession, Recovery, and State and Local Finances

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2011
   Donald Boyd

   The Great Recession hit state and local finances much harder than any recession of the past 50 years. While it is well-known that the recession was deeper and longer than other recessions, what is...

5. Property Tax Limitations and Local Fiscal Conditions

   The Impact of Proposition 2½ in Massachusetts
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2010
   Bruce Wallin and Jeffrey Zabel

   In Massachusetts, Proposition 2½ limits local property taxes to 2.5% of assessed value (the “levy ceiling”) and restricts the current limit on property tax revenue (the “levy...

6. The Role of Local Government in Contemporary Economic Development

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2007
   Michael I. Luger

   The purpose of this paper is to review the role sub-national governments play in contemporary economic development, with particular reference to the United States. In the United States, municipal (...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. 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...