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Distributive Impacts and Support for Mass Transportation Projects
An Experimental Evaluation in Bogotá, ColombiaDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2018Alishia C. HollandWho supports mass infrastructure projects? Mass transportation infrastructure, such as metros and highways, is hugely expensive. But it also can deliver widespread benefits to users and windfall...
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The Impact of Education Reforms on Property Values
A Review of the LiteratureDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2009Thomas DownesThe last two decades have been marked by an unparalleled growth in the involvement of federal and state governments in the provision of elementary and secondary education, with such important policy...
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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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Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and Decline
Evidence from New ZealandDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2004Suzi Kerr, Andrew Aitken, and Arthur GrimesNew Zealand is unusual in that nearly 60% of local services are funded from property taxes. These are a mixture of land taxes, capital value taxes, annual rental value taxes and uniform general...
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The Impact of the Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Rail Network on Land Values
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2003Stephen R. Mitchell and Anthony VickersUsing U.K. Government published property value data, an analysis of the impact of a major extension to London’s subway network during the late 1990s was undertaken to establish whether value...
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Can Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reverse Urban Decline?
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2003Rachel N. WeberTo counteract physical decline, local governments have increasingly relied on a redevelopment tool called Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF allows municipalities to designate an area for improvement...
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School Finance, Spatial Segregation and the Nature of Communities
Lessons for Developing Countries?Documentos de trabajoJulio 2001Thomas NechybaThis paper was written for and presented at a Lincoln Institute course titled, “International Seminar on Segregation in the City,” held July 26-28, 2001. While the issue of school finance...
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Land Value Taxation in Britain for the Benefit of the Community
History, Achievements and ProspectsDocumentos de trabajoEnero 1997Nathaniel Lichfield and Owen ConnellanThis report examines the economic and social rationales and century-old experience in Britain for taxing land (as distinct from land and buildings in combination) for the benefit of the community. In...
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School Finance Litigation and Property Tax Revolts
How Undermining Local Control Turns Voters AwayDocumentos de trabajoEnero 1998William A. FischelThe use of local property taxes to fund public schools in the United States has been under attack since the 1970s as a result of reform-minded lawsuits. Court-ordered reforms typically involve a...
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Predicting Municipal Fiscal Distress
Aspiration or Reality?Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2018Tracy GordonCities are where people come together to work, live, and thrive. Cities also face a host of fiscal challenges, many of which were laid bare in the Great Recession. Given these challenges,...
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