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1. Where in Connecticut is the Best Location for a Split Tax?

   An Analysis of Land Assessment Equity in Several Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2012
   Jeffrey P. Cohen and Michael J. Fedele

   Local assessors’ ability to accurately estimate land values separately from structure values is important when considering a split tax. When the value of land is estimated with less variation, there...

2. The Capitalization Effects of Development Impact Fees

   Commercial and Residential Land Values
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2012
   Gregory S. Burge

   While a growing literature has considered the effects development impact fee programs have on new and existing home prices, the supply of residential construction, and employment growth, the nature...

3. Research Networks and Large-Landscape Conservation and Restoration

   The Case of the Colorado River Delta
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2012
   Karl Flessa

   In arid regions, water transforms the land. Water diverted from riparian zones, wetlands and estuaries decreased diversity and ecosystem services on the Colorado River delta. But in the case of the...

4. Alternative Futures Modeling in Maine’s Penobscot River Watershed

   Forging a Regional Identity for River Restoration
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2012
   Robert J. Lilieholm, Christopher S. Cronan, Michelle L. Johnson, Spencer R. Meyer, and Dave Owen

   Maine’s Lower Penobscot River Watershed (LPRW) has gained national attention for river restoration efforts and threats from rising development pressures. Here, we describe an alternative futures...

5. The Quiet Corner Initiative at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2012
   Mary Tyrrell, Matthew Fried, Mark Ashton, and Richard Campbell

   The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has embarked on an ambitious effort to conserve the forested landscape of northeastern Connecticut, the Quiet Corner, by engaging private...

6. Saving the Florida Scrub Ecosystem

   Science and Serendipity
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2012
   Hilary M. Swain and Patricia A. Martin

   The Florida scrub, ranked as the 15th most endangered ecosystem in the nation, with one of the highest densities of rare, endemic species in the world, came perilously close to extirpation. One of...

7. Travel Behavior and Built Environment

   Exploring the Importance of Urban Design at the Non-Residential End of the Trip
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2012
   J. Richard Kuzmyak, Jerry Walters, Hsi-hwa Hu, Jason Espie, and Dohyung Kim

   This working paper presents results of an analysis of how land use characteristics may affect travel behavior decisions when considered in the context of non-residential trip destinations. Interest...

8. Property Tax Delinquency and the Number of Payment Installments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2012
   Paul Waldhart and Andrew Reschovsky

   At a time when property tax delinquencies are rising and property tax revenues are falling in many parts of the United States, it is particularly important to consider the potential impact that...

9. Subdivision in the Intermountain West

   A Review and Analysis of State Enabling Authority, Case Law, and Potential Tools for Dealing with Zombie Subdivisions and Obsolete Development Entitlements in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2012
   Anna Trentadue and Chris Lundberg

   Over the past decade, the Intermountain West has experienced an unprecedented boom in speculative real estate development followed by a precipitous bust in housing and land values. "Zombie...

10. Property Assessment Limits

    Effects on Homestead Property Tax Burdens and National Property Tax Rankings
    Documentos de trabajo
    Abril 2012
    Aaron Twait

    Property tax assessment limitations deliver different levels of tax relief to different parcels; based largely on the owner’s tenure and the parcel’s change in value over time relative to the...