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Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress
The Case of CaliforniaDocumentos de TrabalhoAgosto 1999Jeffrey I. ChapmanThis working paper defines and extends the concepts of local government autonomy and local government fiscal autonomy, examining them as potential necessary conditions for a Tiebout equilibrium. It...
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Land Lines, May 1999
Revista Land LinesMaio 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue explores municipal forms of taxation—including the hoped-for establishment of a property tax—in El Salvador’s capital; the challenges of implementing land and building...
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Land Lines, March 1999
Revista Land LinesMarço 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue looks at the introduction of value-based property taxation in Poland; the demographic, geographic, and economic influences of land use and growth patterns in Bogota, Colombia; and the...
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Introducing Value-based Property Taxation in Poland
Revista Land LinesMarço 1999Jane Malme and Dennis RobinsonAs a next step in the economic reforms begun in the post-Soviet period, momentum is growing in Poland for the introduction of a property tax based on market value. The recently established Department...
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Local Property Taxation
An AssessmentRevista Land LinesMaio 1999Wallace E. OatesThe property tax is, in my view, a good local tax, though it is far from perfect. Relative to the other tax bases available to local government, I think the property tax gets high marks, in spite of...
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Municipal Taxation in San Salvador
Revista Land LinesMaio 1999Patricia Fuentes and Mario LungoThe demand for urban services surpasses the financial capacity of most cities around the world. To address this problem, many municipal governments successfully use the property tax, combined with...
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Mexicali
A Success Story of Property Tax ReformRevista Land LinesSetembro 1999Manuel Perló CohenThe case of Mexicali, the capital city of the border state of Baja California, Mexico, stands out as a good example of successful property tax reform in the 1990s. In only a few years the local...
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Myths and Realities of Public Land Leasing
Canberra and Hong KongRevista Land LinesMarço 1999By Yu-Hung HongMany scholars and analysts have suggested that public leasehold systems could allow governments to benefit from a share of future increased land value. Some have even argued that other policy...