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1. China’s Land System

   Past, Present, and Future
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Dwight H. Perkins

   In this paper, Dwight H. Perkins discusses how the development of Chinese real estate markets has generated tensions between different segments of the population and between the government and...

2. Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia

   A Work in Progress
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome Anderson

   Russia has attempted to develop property rights institutions to facilitate the development of private real estate markets since 1991. As of 2008 only one city (Veliky Novgorod) of 171 medium and...

3. Should Decreases in Property Value Caused by Regulations Be Compensated?

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Abraham Bell

   Ideally, government could recoup the benefits of land use planning and redistribute them to those who bear the costs. In this case takings compensation is justified. Given the reciprocal nature of...

4. Property Rights Created Under a Federalist Approach to Tradable Emissions Policy

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Dallas Burtraw and Richard Sweeney

   Property rights approaches can be employed to achieve environmental conservation. Two specific topics are examined here: tradable emission permits and conservation easements. The implementation of...

5. Private Conservation Easements

   Balancing Private Initiative and the Public Interest
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Gerald Korngold

   A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...

6. Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries

   Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and Capacity
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Paul Smoke

   Paul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...

7. School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Daniel P. McMillen and Larry D. Singell Jr.

   One of the most controversial issues related to U.S. fiscal federalism is the financing of local public schools through property taxation. In theory, the system follows the principle of matching...

8. Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2008
   Shelby Gerking

   Shelby Gerking analyzes the effect of state tax rates on the disposal of chlorinated solvent wastes in the United States. He finds that changes in the disposal costs of these chemicals as a result of...

9. 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...

10. 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....