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1. Land Lines, Winter 2017

   Revista Land Lines
   Fevereiro 2017
   Edited by Maureen Clarke

   This issue features content on planning for greater social equity, the mystery of unspent federal grants, the future of conservation finance in Chile, the challenge of transplanting urban innovations, and the growing market for app-activated bike-shares i

2. The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2017
   By Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the...

3. GASB 77

   Revealing the Cost of Property Tax Incentives for Business
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2017
   By Andrew Wagaman

   The Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 77 requires an estimated 50,000 state and local governments to report the total amount of tax revenue forgone each year because of incentives...

4. Muni Finance

   Making Tax Incentives Work: Lessons from Boston, Massachusetts
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2017
   By Ronald W. Rakow

   The use of tax incentives to encourage economic growth has increased over the last several decades. Given this escalation, it is important for policy makers to employ techniques that promote growth...

5. Money on the Table

   Why Cities Aren’t Fully Spending Federal Grants
   Revista Land Lines
   Fevereiro 2017
   By Loren Berlin

   Federal grants are a critical funding stream for cash-strapped state and local governments in the United States, yet hundreds of millions of dollars are going unspent every year. This article...

6. Message from the President Emeritus

   The PKU–Lincoln Center in Retrospect
   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2017
   By Gregory K. Ingram

   The strong complementarity between the Lincoln Institute’s expertise and China’s land policy challenges provided the rationale for the Lincoln Institute’s activities in the People’s Republic of China...