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1. Full Disclosure

   Unanticipated Improvements in Property Tax Uniformity
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2005
   Gary C. Cornia and Lawrence C. Walters

   This paper contributes to two strands in the property tax literature. One thread considers the effects of full disclosure requirements or “truth in taxation” on the rate of property tax...

2. Faculty Profile

   Jack R. Huddleston
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005

   Jack Huddleston is professor of urban and regional planning and is affiliated with the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D...

3. Property Tax Development in China

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005
   Chengri Ding

   The Lincoln Institute’s China Program was established several years ago, in part to develop training programs on property taxation policy and local government finance with officials from the State...

4. Connections Between Economic Development and Land Taxation

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005
   Jeffrey Chapman and Rex L. Facer II

   Recent court decisions have made economic development and tax policy front-page news. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London raised a public outcry when it allowed local...

5. Declaration of Buenos Aires

   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2005

   Urban land management policies and land market operations have taken on greater status in the debate on urban public policy in Latin America, and they are given increased attention in academic...

6. Stabilizing Property Taxes in Volatile Real Estate Markets

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005
   Joan Youngman and Jane Malme

   Property taxes based on market value have many features that recommend them as a source of local government revenue. They promote visibility and accountability in public spending by providing...

7. Land Value and Large Urban Projects

   The Latin American Experience
   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2005
   Mario Lungo and Martim O. Smolka

   Land value is determined primarily by external factors, mainly changes that occur in the neighborhood or other parts of the city rather than by direct actions of the landowner. This observation is...

8. Taxing Publicly Owned Land in China

   A Paradox?
   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2005
   Yu-Hung Hong

   After spending more than a decade on restructuring central-provincial fiscal relations, the Chinese government is advancing its efforts to reform local public finance. In 2003 the central government...

9. The Social Urbanizer

   Porto Alegre's Land Policy Experiment
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2005
   Martim O. Smolka and Cláudia P. Damasio

   The Lincoln Institute has been cosponsoring research and training programs with public officials in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for several years. The land policy experiment described in this article...

10. Vacant and Abandoned Property

    Remedies for Acquisition and Redevelopment
    Revista Land Lines
    Outubro 2005
    Lavea Brachman

    In June the Lincoln Institute convened a roundtable of experts from around the country to examine how and why property ownership and title problems exacerbate abandonment. The group debated the...