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1. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

2. Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Fevereiro 2023
   By Daphne A. Kenyon, Bethany Paquin, and Andrew Reschovsky

   This policy brief focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–...

3. The Empty House Next Door

   Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Agosto 2020
   Alan Mallach

   Vacant and abandoned properties are a familiar part of the American landscape that can devastate entire neighborhoods, diminishing the value of nearby properties. More extreme cases may cause severe...

4. Antiguas ciudades industriales

   Construir un renacimiento equitativo
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Maio 2020
   Jessie Grogan

   Las antiguas ciudades industriales, que alguna vez impulsaron la industria y la prosperidad, perdieron millones de residentes y empleos en el s. XX debido a la economía cambiante. Con...

5. America’s Legacy Cities

   Building an Equitable Renaissance
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Março 2020
   Jessie Grogan

   Legacy cities have been at the center of some of America’s most historic achievements, and they possess a strong civic spirit and culture of innovation at a time when these qualities are most...

6. The Future of America’s Middle Neighborhoods

   Setting the Stage for Revival
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Novembro 2018
   Alan Mallach

   Often overlooked, middle neighborhoods matter—both to the people who live in them and to their cities and regions—and solutions demand engagement not only from the neighborhood itself but also from the city, region, and state.

7. Metropolitan Governance and Finance in São Paulo

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Deborah L. Wetzel

   With a population of 11.2 million residents, São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere, and the world’s seventh largest city by population. The city is...

8. The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Roy W. Bahl

   The theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...

9. How Alternative Revenue Structures Are Changing Local Government

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben

   In this paper, Tracy M. Gordon and Kim Rueben note that the revenue mix for local government changes frequently in response to economic shocks, policy shifts, and technological advances in tax...

10. 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...