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1. The Effect of Property Taxes on Location Decisions

   Evidence From the Market for Second Homes
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2008
   Erik Johnson and Randall Walsh

   While there exists a large empirical literature on the capitalization of property taxes into home prices, very little work has been done to identify the effect of differences in property taxes on...

2. How “Smart” is the Split-Rate Property Tax?

   Evidence from Growth Patterns in Pennsylvania
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   H. Spencer Banzhaf and Nathan Lavery

   Urban sprawl has become a policy concern of national prominence. Land or split-rate taxes are one potential way to address this issue. In theory, such taxes can lower the land/capital ratio. This in...

3. Property Tax Circuit Breakers in 2007

   Features, Use, and Policy Issues
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   John H. Bowman

   This paper provides an overview of the nature, development, extent, and effect of residential property tax relief programs in the United States. Its major focus is on circuit breakers, which target...

4. Land Value Taxation

   An Annotated Bibliography
   Documentos de trabajo
   Febrero 2008
   Kent R. Grote and Richard F. Dye

   This paper lists over 350 books, articles, and papers on land value taxation with annotations.

5. 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...

6. The History and Purpose of Tax Increment Finance Policy in Wisconsin

   Do Wisconsin Tax Increment Finance Districts Stimulate Growth in Real Estate Values? Do They Contribute to Sprawl?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2007
   Russell Kashian, Mark Skidmore, and David Merriman

   Like other U.S. states, tax increment financing (TIF) is an important component of the development policy landscape in Wisconsin. While the guidelines for the use of TIF are similar to those that...

7. What Happens When a Large City Doesn't Have a Property Tax But Attempts to Enact One

   A Case Study of Mesa Arizona
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2007
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   Mesa, a city with a population of approximately 450,000, is the largest city in the United States without a property tax. It has also grown very rapidly in the last 25 years, although now its growth...

8. Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2006
   Jeffrey O. Sundberg and Richard F. Dye

   A variety of tax incentives encourage property owners to place conservation easements on their property. This paper calculates sample tax effects for a range of tax incentives and shows that many...

9. Valuing Land and Improvements in Thin Markets

   Does the Frequency of Sales Cause Property Tax Inequities?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2006
   Rachel N. Weber and Daniel P. McMillen

   Few studies have attempted to explain the well-documented tendency for lower-priced properties to receive higher assessment. We argue that the absence of market information and the assessor’s...

10. Improving the Valuation of Large Commercial Properties for Real Estate Tax Purposes

    Documentos de trabajo
    Abril 2006
    Richard Almy

    The aims of this project are to examine systematically methods for valuing large office buildings for property tax purposes, identify issues, evaluate their seriousness, and describe potential...