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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. Exploring Changes in Homeowner Property Taxes in Wisconsin, 2000 to 2005

   Documentos de trabajo
   Febrero 2009
   Rebecca Boldt, Bradley Caruth, and Andrew Reschovsky

   Despite policymakers’ interest in property tax relief, very little is known about changes over time in the property tax liabilities and burdens faced by homeowners. Drawing on the fact that...

4. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

   Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2009
   John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

   This report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...

5. Private Conservation Easements

   Balancing Private Initiative and the Public Interest
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Gerald Korngold

   A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...

6. Land Value Taxation

   Theory, Evidence, and Practice
   Libros
   Mayo 2009
   Edited by Richard F. Dye and Richard W. England

   This book, intended for the general reader curious about land and its taxation, brings together 12 leading scholars and practitioners to share their views on the theories and practice of land value...

7. Erosion of the Property Tax Base

   Trends, Causes, and Consequences
   Libros
   Mayo 2009
   Edited by Nancy Y. Augustine, Michael E. Bell, David Brunori, and Joan M. Youngman

   Increased reliance on residential property to generate tax revenue and soaring property values in many parts of the country have placed pressure on local officials to respond to concerns about higher...

8. Enhancing the Feasibility of School Finance Reform

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2009
   Andrew Reschovsky and Adam Langley

   Reforming state education funding systems is difficult. In this paper, we argue that the probability of success is enhanced if policymakers and reformers have access to a model of the school funding...

9. Mapping Property Taxes in Africa

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2009
   Riël C.D. Franzsen and Joan M. Youngman

   A joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute has begun to research data on property taxes. This information is extremely difficult to obtain in many nations, yet it...

10. Growth and taxes

    Entradas de blog
    Octubre 2009