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  1. Financing Cities

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010
    Robert P. Inman

    Cities and their surrounding suburban neighborhoods are economic growth agents. Not only do they provide public goods to satisfy the needs of urban residents, but they also supply local...

  2. Revenue Diversification and the Financing of Large American Central Cities

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Novembro 2010

    The housing crisis and the recession have placed tremendous fiscal pressure on the nation’s central cities. Cuts in state government fiscal assistance to their local governments, plus shrinking...

  3. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

    Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Novembro 2010

    Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

  4. Trends in Local Government Revenues

    The Old, the New, and the Future
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010
    J. Edwin Benton

    This paper by J. Edwin Benton examines the response of diverse local fiscal structures in the U.S to economic stress with the aim to determine whether small and large municipalities across regions...

  5. Governance Structures and Financial Authority in Submunicipal Districts

    Implications for Fiscal Performance
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 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,...

  6. Prospects for Private Infrastructure in the United States

    The Case of Toll Roads
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 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. Illustrating the Effects of Business Improvement Districts on Municipal Coffers

    Does a Rising Tide Compensate for the Secession of the Successful?
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 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...

  8. Property Tax Relief

    The Case for Circuit Breakers
    Revista Land Lines
    Abril 2010
    Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

    Property tax relief is a core function of state governments, and it can be made more fair and cost-effective by using a circuit breaker program to stop the property tax from exceeding a taxpayer...

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

    A Simulation Model and Directions for Future Research
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010

    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...

  10. What the Housing Crisis Means for State and Local Governments

    Revista Land Lines
    Outubro 2010
    Kim Rueben and Serena Lei

    While the housing market and the economy are closely intertwined, the severe drop in state tax revenues can largely be attributed to the broader economic downturn, not the housing crisis specifically.

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