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1. Instrumentos notables de políticas de suelo en América Latina

   Libros
   Abril 2014
   Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Fernanda Furtado

   Based on work presented at the May 2013 Latin American Forum on Noteworthy Instruments of Urban Intervention, this book (which includes work written in Spanish and Portuguese) presents 21 case...

2. China’s Local Public Finance in Transition

   Libros
   Noviembre 2010
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man and Yu-Hung Hong

   China's economy has developed rapidly since the economic reforms in 1978, but public finance reforms have proceeded more slowly. This book looks at three major policy options addressing the...

3. Municipal Revenues and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2010
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Based on the proceedings of Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s fourth annual cross-disciplinary land policy conference, this volume collects scholarly work by a wide range of experts in land...

4. Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property Tax

   Libros
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...

5. Erosion of the Property Tax Base

   Trends, Causes, and Consequences
   Libros
   Mayo 2009
   Edited by Nancy Y. Augustine, Michael E. Bell, David Brunori, and Joan M. Youngman

   Increased reliance on residential property to generate tax revenue and soaring property values in many parts of the country have placed pressure on local officials to respond to concerns about higher...

6. Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2008
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   The study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...

7. Making the Property Tax Work

   Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries
   Libros
   Marzo 2008
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...

8. Not by the Hand of Horace Mann

   How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   William A. Fischel

   This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...

9. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

10. Land Lines, May 2000

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2000
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue looks at the effects of urban growth controls on housing prices and landowner behavior in the U.S., as well as local government and property tax reforms in South Africa. It also offers a...