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1. Public Finance

   As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?
   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 2019
   By Will Jason, March 19, 2019

   As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.

2. Tax Base Sharing

   Local Response to Fiscal Federalism
   Otro
   Enero 1979
   Paul Smith

   Written in 1979, this archival report was published as a Land Policy Roundtable and is Case Studies Series number 303. The nation’s first experience with tax base sharing was in the twin cities...

3. Strengthening the Local Property Tax

   The Need for a Property Tax Expenditure Budget
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2011
   Katrina D. Connolly and Michael E. Bell

   The property tax is the most important source of local revenue. But while it is widely believed to be fair, efficient, and simple to administer, in practice it has begun to drift from these ideals....

4. Volatility of Individual Property Tax Payments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2010
   Nathan B. Anderson

   The most important independent source of local government revenue in the United States is the property tax. Yet the widespread unpopularity of the property tax leads voters to support state policies...

5. When and Why do Cities Bind Themselves?

   The Existence and Extent of Locally-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limits
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2009
   Leah Brooks and Justin Phillips

   Though the social science literature has thoroughly dissected the extent, causes, and consequences of state-mandated tax and expenditure limits on cities, to date there has been no systematic...

6. Area-Based Property Tax Systems

   Area-Based Property Tax Systems
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2009
   Katrina D. Connolly and Michael E. Bell

   The area-based property tax has been gaining influence in developing and transitional countries around the world. This report first examines how the area-based tax is administered in thirty-eight...

7. What Drives the Property Tax?

   A Holistic Examination of City and County Budgets in Minnesota
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2009
   Aaron Twait and Mark Haveman

   Property tax levy increases are a policy concern for state and local governments nationally. It is conceptually appealing to examine state-level aggregate data to discern trends and explanations for...

8. Property Taxes for Local Finance

   Research Results and Policy Perspectives (Reconsidering Property Taxes: Perhaps Not So Bad After All)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2009
   Ronald C. Fisher

   Although property taxes continue to be one of the fundamental fiscal foundations for local government in the U.S., they also remain exceptionally controversial (even among taxes). The political or...

9. Property Taxation in Illinois

   A Framework for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2008
   Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

   Illinois is one of 23 states that limit both local property tax rates and property tax revenues. Because of its importance to local government finance, reforms of the Illinois property tax system are...

10. An Unfettered Property Tax in Illinois

    Documentos de trabajo
    Diciembre 2007
    Nathan B. Anderson and Therese McGuire

    We evaluate property tax systems using the economic criteria of equity, efficiency and simplicity. We apply these criteria in an evaluation of both a stylized constrained property tax system in which...