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1. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Resúmenes de políticas públicas
   Febrero 2023
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Bethany Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This policy brief focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–...

2. Lincoln Institute Sessions at the 2023 IAAO Annual Conference

   Conferencias
   Agosto 29, 2023
   Ron Rakow, Paul Bidanset, Gary Cornia, and Nathan Seegert

   The annual conference of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) offers state and local assessing officials the opportunity to hear varied perspectives on property tax issues from...

3. 2023 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference

   Conferencias
   Mayo 18, 2023
   Presenters: Yilin Hou, Dan McMillen, Ruchi Singh, Keith Ihlanfeldt, Luke Rodgers, Sebastien Bradley, Nathan Seegert, Rachel Meltzer, Leah Brooks, Paul Fisher, Soomi Lee

   The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to the fiscal conditions of these places. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.

4. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

5. Measures of Vertical Inequality in Assessments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Daniel P. McMillen and Ruchi Singh

   Standard measures of vertical inequity suggest that assessments are regressive in the sense that high-priced properties are often assessed at lower rates than low-priced properties. Conventional...

6. 2023 C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program

   Graduate Student Fellowship
   Oportunidades de becas de posgrado
   Enero 2023

   The C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists PhD students, primarily at U.S. universities, whose research complements the Lincoln Institute's interests in land and tax policy.

7. New Book "Property Tax in Asia" Provides the First Comprehensive Analysis of the Property Tax Across the World’s Largest Continent

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2022
   By Will Jason, September 7, 2022

   The property tax has great potential as a source of local government revenue in Asia, but its implementation has been uneven. The Lincoln Institute’s new book Property Tax in Asia: Policy and Practice provides the first comprehensive analysis of how this

8. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

9. Property Tax Relief for Homeowners (Webinar)

   Eventos
   Septiembre 13, 2022
   Speakers: Adam H. Langley, Joan Youngman, and Ronald Rakow
   Moderator: Kim Rueben

   This webinar will describe a set of policies that can address common property tax challenges without undermining its strengths as a local revenue source.

10. C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellows, 2021-2022

    Mayo 2022

    The Lincoln Institute's C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists Ph.D. students, primarily at U.S. universities, whose research complements the Institute's interests in land and tax...