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What Drives the Property Tax?
A Holistic Examination of City and County Budgets in MinnesotaDocumentos de trabajoMarzo 2009Aaron Twait and Mark HavemanProperty tax levy increases are a policy concern for state and local governments nationally. It is conceptually appealing to examine state-level aggregate data to discern trends and explanations for...
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Property Taxes for Local Finance
Research Results and Policy Perspectives (Reconsidering Property Taxes: Perhaps Not So Bad After All)Documentos de trabajoEnero 2009Ronald C. FisherAlthough property taxes continue to be one of the fundamental fiscal foundations for local government in the U.S., they also remain exceptionally controversial (even among taxes). The political or...
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Exploring Changes in Homeowner Property Taxes in Wisconsin, 2000 to 2005
Documentos de trabajoFebrero 2009Rebecca Boldt, Bradley Caruth, and Andrew ReschovskyDespite policymakers’ interest in property tax relief, very little is known about changes over time in the property tax liabilities and burdens faced by homeowners. Drawing on the fact that...
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Urban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation
Enfoques en políticas de sueloAgosto 2009Patrick M. Condon, Duncan Cavens, and Nicole MillerLand use patterns and urban form can strongly impact an urban community’s contribution to global climate change through the production of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Key contributors to a...
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Evaluating Smart Growth
State and Local Policy OutcomesEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2009Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongAs smart growth programs in some states approach their fourth decade, new climate change concerns have raised the stakes on their success in managing urban development. This is an opportune time to...
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Town–Gown Collaboration in Land Use and Development
Enfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2009Yesim Sungu-EryilmazOnce considered enclaves of intellectual pursuit, institutions of higher education now play a much broader role in their neighborhoods and cities. The character of communities near expanding...
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Property Tax Circuit Breakers
Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for TaxpayersEnfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2009John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. PaquinThis report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...
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Twentieth-Century New England Land Conservation
A Heritage of Civic EngagementLibrosFebrero 2009Edited by Charles H.W. FosterMany partners have been involved over the last decade in developing an archive of materials documenting the evolution of land conservation in the six New England states. Coordinated by Charles H. W....
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Smart Urban Growth for China
LibrosEnero 2009Edited by Yan Song and Chengri Ding“Overall, the collection is one of the very best on Chinese urban and regional planning that I have ever encountered. In the struggle to find good case study books for planning discourse, I...
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Design Principles of Robust Property Rights Institutions
What Have We Learned?PonenciasMayo 2009Elinor OstromElinor Ostrom, one of the pioneers in developing the theory of property rights, challenged the then-conventional wisdom that common-pool resources will be overharvested if clearly delineated private...
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