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1. Developing a Quantitative Spatial Economic Model to Evaluate Urban Water Conservation Policies in Denver

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2023
   Juan Carlos G. Lopez

   This paper develops a quantitative spatial model for the city of Denver to consider policy proposals to reduce urban water demand using data on land use and water demand by households and business...

2. Protestas fiscales en Colombia, 2011–2015

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2019
   Olga Lucía Zapata Cortés and Marco Fidel Agudelo Cano

   Entre 2011 y 2015 se protestó en Colombia a causa del incremento del impuesto predial, el cobro de la contribución por valorización para la financiación de obras pú...

3. Municipal Fiscal Structures and Land-Based Growth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2007
   Carol E. Heim

   This case study examines municipal fiscal structures in the Phoenix metropolitan area, with a focus on Scottsdale, Chandler, and Fountain Hills. It explores implications of the quest for sales tax...

4. Intra-Metropolitan Area Fiscal Capacity Disparities and the Property Tax

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2004
   Michael E. Bell, Lindsay C. Clark, Joe Cordes, and Hal Wolman

   The purpose of this study is to assess the extent of variations in the revenue capacity of select local governments in the Washington, DC area using the Representative Revenue System developed by the...

5. Predicting Municipal Fiscal Distress

   Aspiration or Reality?
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Setembro 2018
   Tracy Gordon

   Cities are where people come together to work, live, and thrive. Cities also face a host of fiscal challenges, many of which were laid bare in the Great Recession. Given these challenges,...

6. The Influence of Local Fiscal Structure and Growth Control Choices on “Big Box” Urban Sprawl in the American West

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2002
   Robert W. Wassmer

   Is the amount of total retail sales and two forms of “big box” retail (auto and home improvement) sales that occur outside of a western United States metropolitan area’s central...

7. The Continuing Redistribution of Fiscal Stress

   The Long Run Consequences of Proposition 13
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 1998
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   The paper begins to examine some of the long-run implications of the passage of Proposition 13—a significant California property tax reduction initiative that passed in 1978. The particular...

8. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

9. Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2023
   Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen Huang

   Climate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...

10. Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Julho 2023
    Claus Rabe and David Karpul

    In many cities in the Developing South, a growing number of households live in areas prone to flooding. Past research indicates that flood risk has a discount effect on property prices, an important...