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1. 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,...

2. Illustrating the Effects of Business Improvement Districts on Municipal Coffers

   Does a Rising Tide Compensate for the Secession of the Successful?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Leah Brooks and Rachel Meltzer

   Among the different types of submunicipal governments, business improvement districts (BIDs), have become increasingly popular in the United States and elsewhere. According to Leah Brooks and Rachel...

3. Does TIF Make It More Difficult to Manage Municipal Budgets?

   A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David F. Merriman

   Tax increment financing districts (TIFs) are an approach that involves the designation of a special district to create a nexus between revenues and spending. TIF districts are authorized in almost...

4. Homeowners Associations and Their Impact on the Local Public Budget

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Ron Cheung

   The primary objective of homeowners associations (HOAs) is to provide their members with services that supplement the municipal provision. Access to HOA services is restricted to members only. In...

5. Complex Debt for Financing Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   In this paper, Jeffrey Chapman, professor at Arizona State University, examines certificates of participation, community facility district debt, and tax credit bonds. The certificate of participation...

6. Prospects for Private Infrastructure in the United States

   The Case of Toll Roads
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   José Gómez-Ibáñez

   Another way to finance public goods is to invite the private sector to construct and maintain the facilities directly. José A. Gómez-Ibáñez argues that private participation in the provision of road...

7. An Analysis of Alternative Revenue Sources for Local Governments

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson

   In this paper, David L. Sjoquist and Andrew V. Stephenson evaluate the property tax, local sales tax, and local income tax using a standard set of criteria, including efficiency, equity, tax base...

8. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

9. U.S. Private Property Rights in International Perspective

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2010
   Harvey M. Jacobs

   In this paper, Harvey M. Jacobs examines the conceptualization of private property rights in U.S. history and argues that the current private property rights system is unique and is constantly...

10. China’s Local Public Finance in Transition

    Libros
    Noviembre 2010
    Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man and Yu-Hung Hong

    China's economy has developed rapidly since the economic reforms in 1978, but public finance reforms have proceeded more slowly. This book looks at three major policy options addressing the...