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Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a wildly popular economic development tool in the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. So concludes a new Lincoln Institute report that reviews how TIF programs have performed across the nation.Read more »
Amazon wants tax incentives to locate its second headquarters. Could the costs outweigh the benefits for a city like Boston?Read more »
Six researchers will study some of today’s most pressing tax and land policy issues — from the economic effects of property tax limitations like Proposition 13 in California to the potential for land value capture in China — through the Lincoln Institute’s C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship.Read more »
From federal tax reform to the opioid crisis, powerful forces are leaving their mark on New England state economies and budgets, according to U.S. public finance experts, who spoke to legislators from five states in May at Economic Perspectives on State and Local Taxes, a Lincoln Institute...Read more »
Around the world, utilities are taking a more sustainable approach to managing vegetation and habitat below and alongside power lines.Read more »
Kevyn Orr, a legal expert who oversaw the largest and most complicated municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history as emergency manager for the city of Detroit, has joined the board of directors of the Lincoln Institute.Read more »
As planners focus more on equity and inclusive economies, the pressure is on to conduct meaningful civic engagement in the communities most impacted by change.Read more »
The Great Recession hit hard in Arizona and led to a substantial fall in state tax revenues. Unlike some other states, the state was unwilling to enact countercyclical tax policies to offset the decline in the state tax base.Read more »
Despite a drop in numbers across much of the United States since the recession, vacant and abandoned properties continue to dog struggling postindustrial cities, tearing apart neighborhoods with growing intensity, according to a new Lincoln Institute report.Read more »
Nearly 45 leading writers and editors came to Cambridge last month to consider the central role of land in addressing an array of socio-economic and environmental challenges at the 2018 Lincoln Institute Journalists Forum.Read more »
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