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1. Do U.S. Policy Makers Have Better Alternatives to Cap and Trade?

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III

   In this paper, Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III argue that traditional benefit-cost assessments of different environmental policies often assume that the economy is in a Pareto optimum....

2. Land Registration, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2009
   Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder

   One common objective of establishing secure private property rights in land, particularly in developing countries, is to reduce poverty. The World Bank and other international aid agencies have...

3. Local Government Finances

   The Link Between Intergovernmental Transfers and Net Worth
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Luiz de Mello

   In this paper, Luiz de Mello, using panel-based aggregate local government data from 13 OECD countries, examines the causal relationship between intergovernmental transfers and subnational...

4. The Efficiency and Equity of Tiebout in the United States

   Taxes, Services, and Property Values
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2007
   Thomas J. Nechyba

   Land use control is not the only public action that can affect property values; local service provisions and environmental conservation also play a role. From the Tiebout perspective, Thomas J....

5. Charter Schools and Minority Access to Quality Education

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2014
   John Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta Minca

   John R. Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta Minca contribute a complementary analysis of charter schools across the United States. Their sample included only districts with at least one non-...

6. Property Taxes in Metropolitan Cities

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   William J. McCluskey and Riël C. D. Franzsen

   In this paper, William J. McCluskey and Riel C. D. Franzsen review property taxation focusing on metropolitan cities in developing and transitional countries. Since there is no comparative data to...

7. Mobile Telephony and Socioeconomic Dynamics in Africa

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2013
   Mirjam de Bruijn

   This paper by Mirjam de Bruijn examines the development of telecommunication infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and illustrates the impact with anthropological case studies in four specific...

8. An Analysis of Alternative Revenue Sources for Local Governments

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 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...

9. Property Rights Protection and Spatial Planning in European Countries

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2009
   Vincent Renard

   Confiscation of an owner’s property is not the only form of taking. If government regulations limit all viable uses of a property and cause a substantial decrease in its value, this in most cases is...

10. Design Principles of Robust Property Rights Institutions

    What Have We Learned?
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2009
    Elinor Ostrom

    Elinor Ostrom, one of the pioneers in developing the theory of property rights, challenged the then-conventional wisdom that common-pool resources will be overharvested if clearly delineated private...