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1. Progress and Poverty

   Libros
   Enero 2003
   Henry George

   Subtitled “An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth...The Remedy,” this classic book, published originally in 1879, presents...

2. Land Value Taxation

   Can It and Will It Work Today?
   Libros
   Enero 1998
   Edited by Dick Netzer

   Many contemporary scholars and practitioners question whether land value taxation is a serious contender as an important revenue source. But, whatever its political potential may be, economists...

3. Land Use and Taxation

   Applying the Insights of Henry George
   Libros
   Junio 1997
   Edited by H. James Brown

   Can today’s policy makers and researchers effectively draw on the ideas of 19th-century philosopher Henry George to help solve 21st-century problems? This compendium presents eight essays by...

4. Land Price Data and Land Value Functions in Cracow, Poland

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2001
   David Dale-Johnson and W. Jan Brzeski

   The results of the analysis reported in this paper provide new insight into the evolution of an urban land market in a centrally planned economy undergoing transformation. Since the end of the Second...

5. The Efficiency Gains from Agricultural Land Tax Reform

   England 1836-1855
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2001
   Gregory Clark and Eric Jamelske

   The theoretical efficiency advantages of land site value taxation have been known since at least the time of Adam Smith. But the practical gains from switching taxation of land to this basis have...

6. The Legal Requirements Regarding Valuation of Land and Improvements for Property Tax Purposes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2001
   David Brunori and Jennifer Carr

   This paper investigates two main questions regarding the state-level requirements governing the valuation of land and improvements for property tax purposes. First, does state law directly or...

7. Improving the Accuracy of Downtown Land Assessments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 1999
   Richard Ashley, Florenz Plassmann, and Nicolaus Tideman

   A tax that is levied on the value of land alone, irrespective of any improvements to land, does not cause any economic distortions. Levying such a tax requires an ability to estimate the value of...

8. Public Values and Conservation Land

   A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 1999
   Charles J. Fausold

   This paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts....

9. Legal Suggestions for Enacting Land Value Taxation

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 1999
   Steven B. Cord

   If production is taxed, then producers are penalized, but if locations are taxed, then landowners are encouraged to use their sites more productively, thereby promoting economic growth and jobs. Land...

10. Detroit and the Property Tax

    Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Noviembre 2015
    Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

    This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...