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1. The Contribution of Local Sales and Income Taxes to Fiscal Autonomy

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   John L. Mikesell

   In this paper, John L. Mikesell analyzes the local sales and income taxes in several U.S. states. As of 2009 the local sales tax is levied in 36 states, constituting over 30 percent of total local...

2. The Effects of Development Impact Fees on Local Fiscal Conditions

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Gregory S. Burge

   In this paper, Gregory S. Burge examines user fees and charges and their direct and indirect fiscal impacts. Among such levies, development impact fees have become most popular in U.S. cities. These...

3. Intergovernmental Transfers to Local Governments

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   David E. Wildasin

   One often-anticipated solution for closing municipal fiscal gaps is to increase federal and state government transfers to cities. In this paper author, David E. Wildasin, examines this possibility....

4. Of favelas and climate change

   Posts do Blog
   Março 2010

5. Creative Designs of the Patchwork Quilt of Municipal Finance

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Michael A. Pagano

   This paper by Michael A. Pagano examines different approaches U.S. municipal governments can use to deal with fiscal problems. Based on a historical analysis of general municipal revenue patterns...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. Trends in Local Government Revenues

   The Old, the New, and the Future
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   J. Edwin Benton

   This paper by J. Edwin Benton examines the response of diverse local fiscal structures in the U.S to economic stress with the aim to determine whether small and large municipalities across regions...

9. Governance Structures and Financial Authority in Submunicipal Districts

   Implications for Fiscal Performance
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Robert J. Eger III and Richard C. Feiock

   Submunicipal governments are established or chartered by the state or city and operate like private corporations with oversight boards. They have the authority to adopt corporate names, make bylaws,...

10. Prospects for Private Infrastructure in the United States

    The Case of Toll Roads
    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010
    José Gómez-Ibáñez

    Another way to finance public goods is to invite the private sector to construct and maintain the facilities directly. José A. Gómez-Ibáñez argues that private participation in the provision of road...