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1. Assessment of Property Tax Reductions on Tax Delinquency, Tax Foreclosure, and Home Ownership

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2021
   Fernanda Alfaro, Dusan Paredes, and Mark Skidmore

   In this report, we provide an evaluation of the impacts in Detroit of reductions in residential effective tax rates on tax delinquency, property tax foreclosure, and homeownership. The decline in...

2. An Examination of Sales Ratio Data and Sources Incorporated into the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2020
   Bob DeBoer

   The 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, jointly produced by the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence (MCFE) and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, uses sales ratios to more accurately...

3. Property Taxation and Local Government Finance

   Libros
   Septiembre 2001
   Edited by Wallace E. Oates

   The property tax is unpopular among both scholars and taxpayers, yet many scholars have proposed ideas to rehabilitate this tax and its role in local public finance. Based on a 2000 Lincoln Institute...

4. Public Finance

   Amid Falling Revenues, Some Cities Turn to the Property Tax
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2020
   By Liz Farmer, December 10, 2020

   As most major cities grapple with lost revenue due to the pandemic, some are turning toward the property tax as a way of filling the gap. Perhaps nowhere has this decision been more controversial...

5. Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Howard Chernick and Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper uses a specially constructed data base on city finance that accounts for the revenues and spending of the constituent governments that provide public services in cities—municipal...

6. Introduction to the Property Tax

   Diciembre 2020

   Introduction to the Property Tax presents resources designed to promote understanding of basic property tax functions and their importance as a revenue source for local government. Explainer videos...

7. The Property Tax in Latvia

   System Structure and Current Challenges
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Sarmite Barvika

   The aim of this paper is to analyze the current state and trends of real property taxation policy in Latvia. Particular importance is given to the general statistical and historical overview of real...

8. Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa

   The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape Town
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2020
   Willard Matiashe and Arthur Germond

   Since 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...

9. 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study

   For Taxes Paid in 2018
   Otro
   Junio 2019
   Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence

   View the latest version of the Property Tax Comparison Study. As the largest source of revenue raised by local governments, a well-functioning property tax system is critical for promoting municipal...

10. 2021 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

    Fellowship
    Oportunidades de becas
    Enero 2021

    This program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior economists.