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1. Experimenting with Land Value Capture on Western State Trust Land

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan Culp and Dan Hunting

   The use of land value capture to finance investments in state trust land is another potential extension of the concept. Traditionally, state trust land has been leased to private companies and...

2. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

3. Are Property-Related Taxes Effective Value Capture Instruments?

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Lawrence C. Walters

   In examining the practicality of using property taxes to capture land value in the United States, Lawrence C. Walters found that the annual property tax is an effective value capture instrument. He...

4. Financing Cities

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Robert P. Inman

   Cities and their surrounding suburban neighborhoods are economic growth agents. Not only do they provide public goods to satisfy the needs of urban residents, but they also supply local...

5. Intergovernmental Transfers to Local Governments

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David E. Wildasin

   One often-anticipated solution for closing municipal fiscal gaps is to increase federal and state government transfers to cities. In this paper author, David E. Wildasin, examines this possibility....

6. Trends in Local Government Revenues

   The Old, the New, and the Future
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   J. Edwin Benton

   This paper by J. Edwin Benton examines the response of diverse local fiscal structures in the U.S to economic stress with the aim to determine whether small and large municipalities across regions...

7. Creative Designs of the Patchwork Quilt of Municipal Finance

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Michael A. Pagano

   This paper by Michael A. Pagano examines different approaches U.S. municipal governments can use to deal with fiscal problems. Based on a historical analysis of general municipal revenue patterns...

8. The Contribution of Local Sales and Income Taxes to Fiscal Autonomy

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   John L. Mikesell

   In this paper, John L. Mikesell analyzes the local sales and income taxes in several U.S. states. As of 2009 the local sales tax is levied in 36 states, constituting over 30 percent of total local...

9. The Effects of Development Impact Fees on Local Fiscal Conditions

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Gregory S. Burge

   In this paper, Gregory S. Burge examines user fees and charges and their direct and indirect fiscal impacts. Among such levies, development impact fees have become most popular in U.S. cities. These...

10. Governance Structures and Financial Authority in Submunicipal Districts

    Implications for Fiscal Performance
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2010
    Robert J. Eger III and Richard C. Feiock

    Submunicipal governments are established or chartered by the state or city and operate like private corporations with oversight boards. They have the authority to adopt corporate names, make bylaws,...