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1. China's Policy to Limit Use of Public-Private Partnerships by Municipalities to Finance Capital Improvements

   A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis of the Fiscal Impact
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Robert Bland, Jingran Sun, and Yu Shi

   China’s rapid urbanization in the past four decades combined with the national government’s ambitious goals for economic growth have pressured public officials in prefectural cities to...

2. Plus ça Change

   Three Decades of Fiscal Policy and Central-Local Relations in China
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2021
   Christine Wong

   In China’s decentralised fiscal system, since virtually all vital public services (education, healthcare, social welfare) are provided by local governments, a well-functioning intergovernmental...

3. Land Lines, January/April 2021

   Revista Land Lines
   Janeiro 2021
   Edited by Katharine Wroth

   This special double issue of Land Lines commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, chronicling the organization’s history and exploring how land can serve as a...

4. Land Lines, April 2020

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2020
   Edited by Katharine Wroth

   This issue explores how cities are becoming more resilient, from a comprehensive green infrastructure investment in Shenzhen, China, to an ambitious clean-up in Athens, Greece, to a highway...

5. Nationwide Mass Appraisal Modeling in China

   Feasibility Analysis for Scalability Given Ad Valorem Property Tax Reform
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2019
   Peadar Davis, Michael McCord, Paul Bidanset, and Margie Cusack

   Since 2003, the Chinese government has considered introducing an annual property tax, and while it selected six pilot cities for experimenting with the viability of a mass appraisal system rollout,...

6. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Livros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This 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...

7. Land Conversion and Misallocation Across Cities in China

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2019
   Shihe Fu, Xiaocong Xu, and Junfu Zhang

   The Chinese government has been using quotas to control the amount of farmland that can be converted for urban uses in different cities every year. Using a sample of more than 1.5 million land-lease...

8. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The 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...

9. Metropolitan Public Finances

   The Case of Mumbai
   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Abhay Pethe

   In an attempt to understand public finance in metropolitan regions, this paper by Abhay Pethe presents an analysis of the issues faced by one of the most important urban agglomerations in India: the...

10. The Debt Magnitude and Insolvency Risk of Local Financing Platforms in China

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Junho 2013
    Yang He and Joyce Yanyun Man

    Policy makers and researchers have been debating the financial health of Chinese local government debt after the global financial crisis. However, the lack of transparency makes it difficult to full...