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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, September 1999
Revista Land LinesSetembro 1999Edited by Ann LeRoyerThis issue looks at urban development options for California’s agricultural Central Valley region; problems of, and recommendations for, the property tax system of Porto Alegre, Brazil; and a...
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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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Smart Growth for the Bluegrass Region
Revista Land LinesJaneiro 1999Jean Scott and Peter PollockLike many fast-growing areas across the country, the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky is dealing with two complementary growth management issues: How to manage growth that takes place within the...
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Implementing Property Taxation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Revista Land LinesNovembro 1999C. Kurt Zorn, Jean Tesche, and Gary CorniaThe state of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues its long process of reconstruction and reconciliation, four years after the November 1995 signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which marked the end of a...