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Doing Bad by Doing Good?
An Empirical Analysis of the Incentives from Informal Settlements’ Upgrading Programs on Urban InformalityDocumentos de trabajoMarzo 2019Cynthia Goytia and Guadalupe DornaThis paper has two different aims. First, we investigate the effects of informal settlements upgrading programs through a systematic review synthesizing the information provided by evaluations of...
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Land Lines, Julio 2017
Revista Land LinesJulio 2017Editado por Maureen ClarkeEn este número: estrategias para revitalizar ciudades pequeñas; GASB y el costo de incentivos fiscales a la propiedad; el futuro de ingresos de escuelas públicas del impuesto sobre la propiedad; y una iniciativa que explorará lazos humanos con la tierra.
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How Differences in Property Taxes within Cities Affect Urban Sprawl
Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2008Yan Song and Yves ZenouThis article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between the differentiated property tax within urban areas and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We first develop a theoretical model in which the...
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Detroit and the Property Tax
Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance RevenueEnfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 2015Gary Sands and Mark SkidmoreThis report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...
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Recuperação de Mais-Valias Fundiárias na América Latina
Políticas e Instrumentos para o Desenvolvimento UrbanoEnfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 2014Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...
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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World
Enfoques en políticas de sueloMayo 2014Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. LinnThe economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...
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Implementación de la recuperación de plusvalías en América Latina
Políticas e instrumentos para el desarrollo urbanoEnfoques en políticas de sueloFebrero 2014Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...
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Implementing Value Capture in Latin America
Policies and Tools for Urban DevelopmentEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2013This report provides a review of land value capture's antecedents in Latin America and its longstanding presence in the urban planning agenda. It also examines a variety of land value capture...
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Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business
Enfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 2012State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...
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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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