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1. Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia

   A Work in Progress
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2009
   Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome Anderson

   Russia has attempted to develop property rights institutions to facilitate the development of private real estate markets since 1991. As of 2008 only one city (Veliky Novgorod) of 171 medium and...

2. Should Decreases in Property Value Caused by Regulations Be Compensated?

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2009
   Abraham Bell

   Ideally, government could recoup the benefits of land use planning and redistribute them to those who bear the costs. In this case takings compensation is justified. Given the reciprocal nature of...

3. Land Value Capture and Justice

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 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...

4. The Affordability Challenge

   Inclusionary Housing and Community Land Trusts in a Federal System
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 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 (...

5. The Use of Eminent Domain in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2009
   Antonio Azuela

   In this paper, Antonio Azuela examines the conditions under which eminent domain is used in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City. Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico all went through democratic transitions...

6. Asia’s Urban Century

   Emerging Trends
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2007
   Rakesh Mohan

   Urban development has been exhibiting very different patterns around the world. Rakesh Mohan presents his observations of the urbanization patterns in Asia during the twentieth century and projects...

7. Slum Upgrading

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Maria E. Freire

   In this paper, Maria E. Freire discusses the alternatives available to finance slum upgrading in metropolitan areas and large cities. It examines the size of the problem as described by the U.N....

8. External Assistance for Urban Finance Development

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Homi Kharas and Johannes F. Linn

   In this paper, Homi Kharas and Johannes F. Linn address two sets of questions. First, what is known about the amount of aid that supports urban development in developing countries relative to...

9. 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....

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

    A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 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...