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1. Land Lines, April 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the unanticipated improvements in property tax administration and uniformity in the U.S.; the relationships between growth, land use, and water supply in the West; the need for...

2. Message from the President

   Strengthening Municipal Fiscal Health
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2015
   George W. McCarthy

   When one looks at fiscally distressed cities, it is easy to conclude that insolvency is simply a product of ineffective management, a lack of financial discipline, or the incompetence or corruption...

3. Definición de políticas de suelo urbano en América Latina

   Teoría y práctica
   Livros
   Dezembro 2013
   Edited by Diego Alfonso Erba

   Definición de políticas de suelo urbano en América Latina: Teoría y práctica (Defining Urban Land Policies in Latin America: Theory and Practice) presents concepts...

4. Alternatives to Sprawl

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Dezembro 1995
   Dwight Young

   Sprawl is not a recent phenomenon. There is general agreement that it began in the construction boom of the post-World War II years and really came into its own with the initiation of the Interstate...

5. Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries

   Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito Tanzi

   The authors survey the related literature of decentralization experiences in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation...

6. Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning

   Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   William A. Fischel

   In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...

7. Leasing Public Land

   Policy Debates and International Experiences
   Livros
   Abril 2003
   Edited by Steven C. Bourassa and Yu-Hung Hong

   Leasing public land has been advocated as a viable land tenure option for former socialist countries and other transitional economies. However, the debate about land tenure has been influenced more...

8. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Novembro 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

9. Decentralization and Environmental Decision Making

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2008
   Shelby Gerking

   Shelby Gerking analyzes the effect of state tax rates on the disposal of chlorinated solvent wastes in the United States. He finds that changes in the disposal costs of these chemicals as a result of...

10. An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets

    Artigos de Conferências
    Novembro 2015
    Joyce Y. Man

    In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...