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Metropolitan Public Finance
An OverviewArtigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013Richard M. Bird and Enid SlackThis paper by Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack is based on their observation that not all big cities are very rich, but they are all, by definition, big, and most of them are also rich relative to...
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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2014Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. LinnThe economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...
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Exploring the Linkage between Economic Base, Revenue Growth, and Revenue Stability in Large Municipal Governments
Documentos de TrabalhoMaio 2017Michael Overton and Robert BlandThe Great Recession had far-reaching consequences for the fiscal health of municipal governments. The deeply weakened economy has undermined the capacity of local governments to meet their financial...
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Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
LivrosAbril 2013Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. WetzelThis work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...
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Urban Property and Land Taxation in Argentina
The Challenge of DecentralizationDocumentos de TrabalhoAgosto 2017Cynthia Goytia and Marcela CristiniThe unsatisfactory operation of the fiscal federalism in Argentina has resulted in new reform initiatives to reduce the imbalances between collections of own resources and expenditures between the...
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The Impact of Industrial Diversification and Clustering on the Volatility of City Budgets
Documentos de TrabalhoMaio 2017Michael Overton and Robert BlandBudget volatility—the difference between expected and actual revenues and expenditures—is a critical component to sustaining a local government’s fiscal health. While scholars have...
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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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Local Nonproperty Revenues
Artigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013Jorge Martinez-VazquezIn this paper, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez focuses on the current theory and practice of non-property tax assignments to local urban governments in developing and developed countries. Although the...
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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2015Dan ImmergluckThis paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...
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Financial Sustainability Index
A Self-Assessment Tool for Financial SustainabilityDocumentos de TrabalhoMaio 2017Shayne Kavanagh, Mark Pisano, Shui Yan Tang, Michael F. McGrath, Doug Linkhart, Monika Hudson, and Erik ColonThe Financial Sustainability Index is a companion document to the Financial Sustainability Framework. Both the Framework and the Index are built around six Leadership Strategies and eight...
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