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Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia
A Work in ProgressPonenciasMayo 2009Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome AndersonRussia 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...
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Property Rights Created Under a Federalist Approach to Tradable Emissions Policy
PonenciasMayo 2009Dallas Burtraw and Richard SweeneyProperty rights approaches can be employed to achieve environmental conservation. Two specific topics are examined here: tradable emission permits and conservation easements. The implementation of...
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School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures
PonenciasMayo 2008Daniel 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...
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U.S. Urban Revitalization in the Twenty-First Century
Hopeful SignsPonenciasMayo 2007Eugénie L. BirchEugénie 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...
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Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets
How Well Are They Working?PonenciasMayo 2007David E. DowallAs does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...
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Land Lines, January 2009
Revista Land LinesEnero 2009Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue looks at the key components of a national infrastructure and economic development plan for the U.S.; an explanation of the benefits and controversies surrounding property taxes; and...
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Cómo lograr que los incentivos fiscales funcionen: Lecciones de Boston, MassachusettsRevista Land LinesJunio 2017Por Ronald W. RakowLa utilización de incentivos fiscales para fomentar el crecimiento de la economía ha aumentado en las últimas décadas. En vista de este incremento, es muy importante que los gestores de políticas...
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Muni Finance
Making Tax Incentives Work: Lessons from Boston, MassachusettsRevista Land LinesAbril 2017By Ronald W. RakowThe use of tax incentives to encourage economic growth has increased over the last several decades. Given this escalation, it is important for policy makers to employ techniques that promote growth...
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Betterment Levy in Colombia
Relevance, Procedures, and Social AcceptabilityRevista Land LinesAbril 2011The betterment levy or special assessment (as it is known in the United States) is a “compulsory charge imposed by a government on the owners of a selected group of properties to defray, in whole or...
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Lincoln Institute marks 10th anniversary of Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Beijing
Videos y multimediaMayo 2018On October 14, 2017, the Lincoln Institute marked the 10th anniversary of the Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Beijing.
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