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1. Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Cláudia M. De Cesare

   This report focuses on three areas of property tax reform in Latin America: fiscal policy, tax policies, and assessment practices and collection procedures. It also draws on an ongoing property tax...

2. Special Assessments in California

   35 Years of Expansion and Restriction
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Dean J. Misczynski

   The use of special assessments in California is one of the longest value capture experiences in the United States. In this paper Dean J. Misczynski describes this instrument and related financing...

3. Collecting Land Value Through Public Land Leasing

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   John E. Anderson

   In this paper, John E. Anderson examines the experience of leasing public land in China. Specifically, he addresses the issues related to the adoption of a proposed ad valorem property tax within a...

4. Land Value Capture and Justice

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan S. Fainstein

   In this paper, Susan S. Fainstein examines the arguments for using land value capture for distributive purposes. Her assertion is founded on Henry George’s idea that land value increments created by...

5. Takings and Givings

   The Analytics of Land Value Capture and Its Symmetries with Takings Compensation
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Perry Shapiro

   In this paper, Perry Shapiro examines the efficiency of value capture by analyzing the symmetries and asymmetries between givings and takings. Ideally, if a government asks landowners to reimburse it...

6. The Unearned Increment

   Property and the Capture of Betterment Value in Britain and France
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Philip A. Booth

   In this paper, Philip A. Booth shows land value capture is closely linked to institutions that define property in land. Thus, we need to consider how property has been constructed in the law,...

7. Community Benefits Agreements in a Value Capture Context

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Laura Wolf-Powers

   Laura Wolf-Powers discusses how community benefits agreements (CBAs) enable community organizations and special interest groups in the vicinity of a development project to negotiate with developers...

8. Science Parks and Land Value Capture

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Michael I. Luger and Justyna Dabrowska

   Some value capture approaches are tailored for specific development projects. For instance, the science park has become a popular form of town-gown partnership used to boost local economic...

9. The Affordability Challenge

   Inclusionary Housing and Community Land Trusts in a Federal System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter

   Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter discuss the relationship between building durable affordable housing and land value capture, using inclusionary housing requirements and community land trusts (...

10. Transit Value Capture

    New Town Co-Development Models and Land Market Updates in Tokyo and Hong Kong
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2012
    Jin Murakami

    Transit value capture is another common project-based approach for capturing land value increases generated by public investment. Jin Murakami examines this technique, which is used by major railway...