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1. Property Taxation in Illinois

   A Framework for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2008
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   Illinois is one of 23 states that limit both local property tax rates and property tax revenues. Because of its importance to local government finance, reforms of the Illinois property tax system are...

2. Property Tax Responses to State Aid Cuts in the Recent Fiscal Crisis

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2008
   Richard F. Dye and Andrew Reschovsky

   Many states experienced fiscal crises at the beginning of this decade. Some responded by cutting state aid to local governments. This paper explores the extent to which local governments responded to...

3. Municipal Taxes as Instruments for Value Capture in Perú

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   Julio A. Calderón Cockburn

   This article describes the overall Peruvian policy on municipalities and their legal mechanisms for the recovery of local government investments (the Betterment Levy and the Special Assessment on...

4. Consistency of Land Values

   Comparison of Three General Approaches to Valuing Land Where There are Few Vacant Land Sales
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2008
   Michael E. Bell and John H. Bowman

   Accurate land valuation is critical to land value taxation, which taxes land more heavily than improvements. In previous work we found three approaches to valuing the land component of improved...

5. The Intersection Between Planning and the Municipal Budget

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2008
   Jack Huddleston

   The Fiscal Dimensions of Planning effort sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is intended to help practicing planners and students of planning understand the fiscal context and...

6. Mechanisms for Urban Value Capture Resulting from Public Actions

   Documentos de trabajo
   Febrero 2008
   Leopoldo Moura, Jr.

   In Brazil, there are no appropriate policies to capture value increments resulting from public investment. Decreases in public revenue and the current financial crisis have pushed local governments...

7. Management of Suburban Growth

   Changes in Land Use and the Real Estate Market in the Area of Influence of the New International Airport of Quito, Ecuador
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Andrea Carrión

   This study analyzes development policies in suburban areas of the city of Quito and the effects of these policies on land use and the real estate market during the period from 1997 to 2007, with...

8. 360 Degrees of Development

   Universities as Real Estate Developers in Atlanta
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   David C. Perry, Scott Levitan, Andre Bertrand, Carl V. Patton, Dwan Packnett, and Lawrence Kelley

   The university is increasingly viewed as one of the key institutions of urban development. Where there may have been a time when campus development could have occurred as if the university were an...

9. Building Better City-CLT Partnerships

   A Program Manual for Municipalities and Community Land Trusts
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2008
   John Emmeus Davis, Rick Jacobus, and Maureen Hickey

   The number of community land trusts (CLTs) in the United States has grown rapidly in recent years, due largely to the expanding investment and involvement of local govern-ment. Municipalities are...

10. A Reconnaissance of Currently Available Measures of Effective Property Tax Rates

    Documentos de trabajo
    Octubre 2008
    Michael E. Bell and Charlotte Kirschner

    In order to have an informed policy discussion on local property tax reform initiatives, researchers, policy makers and the public require accurate and reliable information about the current use of...