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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810145803321

Titolo

The property tax and local autonomy / / edited by Michael E. Bell, David Brunori, and Joan M. Youngman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, c2010

ISBN

1-55844-268-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BellMichael E

BrunoriDavid

YoungmanJoan M

Disciplina

336.220973

Soggetti

Property tax - United States

Local taxation - United States

Local finance - United States

Intergovernmental tax relations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Property Taxes and Local Autonomy""; ""Chapter 2 Local Government""; ""Chapter 3 The Median Voter and School Finance Reform""; ""Chapter 4 Comparing Local Government Autonomy Across States""; ""Chapter 5 Are State and Local Finances Becoming More or Less Centralized,and Should We Care?""; ""Chapter 6 An Overview of the Implications of Eliminating the Property Tax""; ""Chapter 7 What Will the Future Property Tax Look Like, and What Will Take Its Place?""; ""Chapter 8 States and the Fiscal Policy Space of Cities""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Some of the nation's leading scholars of government and public finance provide theirviews on the consequences of a declining property tax base. They show local governmentofficials and others how property tax revenue--or the lack of such revenue--affectslocal autonomy, decision making, and the ability of communities to fund public schoolsand other services.