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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. The Economics of Conservation Easements

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Andrew J. Plantinga

   Environmental preservation—or more specifically conservation easements—is an area of public action that affects property values. According to Andrew J. Plantinga, by 2005 about 3.9 million acres of...

8. Taxing Land and Property in Emerging Economies

   Raising Revenue . . . and More?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack

   Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack examine the potential of land and property taxation in developing and transition countries. Bird and Slack present a less optimistic view of the use of land and...

9. The United Kingdom’s Experience in Revitalizing Inner Cities

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Peter Hall

   Peter Hall discusses chronologically the urban regeneration effects undertaken in the United Kingdom over the past 30 years. The British urban development patterns discussed by Hall are very...

10. U.S. Urban Revitalization in the Twenty-First Century

    Hopeful Signs
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2007
    Eugénie L. Birch

    Eugénie L. Birch discusses past attempts by municipalities to revitalize U.S. inner cities. The U.S. urban renewal strategies described by Birch are similar in many ways to the British urban...