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1. Q & A with President Jim Brown

   Land Lines Magazine
   November 1996

   Q. You have been at the helm of the Lincoln Institute since May 1. What aspect of the program has captured most of your attention in the past few months? A. My first task has been to work with the...

2. Ethics, Business, and Land

   Land Lines Magazine
   November 1996
   David C. Lincoln

   My father John C. Lincoln (1866-1959) had a strong code of ethics that played a prominent role in both his practice of business and his ideas about land. In 1895 he founded the Lincoln Electric...

3. Remembering William Vickrey

   Land Lines Magazine
   November 1996
   Dick Netzer

   William Vickrey died on October 11, three days after the announcement of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, while on his way to the Lincoln Institute for the annual research conference...

4. Land Lines, November 1996

   Land Lines Magazine
   November 1996
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue delves into the role of government and ideologies in shaping the dynamics of urban land use in the U.S.; perpetuating Cleveland industrialist and investor John C. Lincoln’s legacy in...

5. The Economic Value of Open Space

   Land Lines Magazine
   September 1996
   Charles J. Fausold and Robert J. Lilieholm

   Governments have long recognized the need to preserve certain open space lands because of their importance in producing public goods and services such as food, fiber, recreation and natural hazard...

6. Land Lines, September 1996

   Land Lines Magazine
   September 1996
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the U.S. communications technology revolution and patterns of settlement and job distribution in light of the upcoming 2000 census; the economic value of open space; and the...

7. Local Property Tax Reform

   Prospects and Politics
   Land Lines Magazine
   July 1996
   Joan Youngman

   To what extent are problems of distressed urban areas attributable to the property tax, and how can changes in property taxation help remedy urban decline? Political leaders, policy analysts and...

8. Is Federal Tax Policy for Real Estate in the Public Interest?

   Land Lines Magazine
   July 1996
   Michael Hudson

   The idea of reducing or abolishing capital gains taxes to encourage private investment and general economic growth often comes up in state and national political campaigns. Advocates of cutting these...

9. Land Lines, July 1996

   Land Lines Magazine
   July 1996
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores strategies for overcoming financial obstacles to smart growth and development in the U.S.; the complex and controversial issue of local property tax reform; and whether federal...

10. In Search of New Life for Smaller Cities

    Land Lines Magazine
    March 1996
    Chris Kelley

    A proud outpost of America's Industrial Revolution, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, survived the Great Flood of 1889, when a 40-mph wave swept the city into the Conemaugh River. Johnstown rebuilt itself...