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1. A Cross-Country Comparison of Decentralization and Environmental Protection

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Hilary Sigman

   Hilary Sigman presents a cross-country analysis of the relationships between decentralization and environmental quality. She employs four measures in her study: (1) access to improved sanitation; (2...

2. Interjurisdictional Competition Under U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Sally Wallace

   Similar to the decentralization of environmental policy, scholars and analysts also express concerns about the welfare effects of interjurisdictional competition on economic development under U.S....

3. Local Government Finances

   The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Luiz de Mello

   In this paper, Luiz de Mello, using panel-based aggregate local government data from 13 OECD countries, examines the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and subnational...

4. Fiscal Decentralization and Income Distribution

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda

   A major challenge of fiscal decentralization is its effects on income distribution. Theoretical discussions have questioned whether decentralization increases regional disparities when subnational...

5. Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   The traditional public school finance system under U.S. fiscal federalism has generated concern that the use of housing markets to ration resources and students to public schools may increase income...

6. Community Associations

   Decentralizing Local Government Privately
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Robert H. Nelson

   In this paper, Robert H. Nelson describes an important change in local governance structure under the U.S. federal system. There has been a rapid increase in the number of residence-based, voluntary...

7. Increasing the Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery

   A Tournament Approach
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Clifford F. Zinnes

   Interjurisdictional competition under fiscal decentralization may give local governments the incentive to lower their environmental policy standards or grant businesses with lucrative tax exemptions...

8. Land Lines, October 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue features an overview of revitalization efforts and needs in Beijing and Shanghai; value-based property taxation methods of Central and Eastern Europe; and how Panama City's historic...

9. Land Lines, July 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at place-making strategies to combat poverty, unemployment, and other issues plaguing U.S. cities; the dynamics and effects of urban sprawl and possible remedies to overgrown...

10. Land Lines, January 2008

    Revista Land Lines
    Enero 2008
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue looks at the need for coordinated mitigation efforts to combat climate change in North American cities; inequality caused by widening gaps in assessed property valuation that is associated...