The academic literature on urban policy and planning which explicitly links to neo-liberalism
is huge. The paper systematises much of this literature from the period 1990 to 2010, with an …

The effect of Brooklyn's Barclays Center on commercial land rents is estimated on a pooled
cross-section of parcels within 1 mile of the arena from 2006 through 2015. The effect of the …

Does intrajurisdictional tax competition lead local governments to offer larger tax
abatements to firms? The authors build upon the traditional literature that models tax …

This brief presents an overview of residential property taxes in the United States. The brief
considers recent trends in aggregate property tax revenues and examines the property tax at …

It is di□ fficult to find someone who has not heard about the Puerto Rico, Detroit, Michigan,
or Orange County, California, bankruptcies. While guides for responsibly managing …

Local governments provide infrastructure improvements, guarantee loans, and offer tax
incentives to lure new businesses and keep old ones. This is usually done with one …

This paper uses a unique database that includes municipal tax abatements granted in the
State of Michigan over the past two decades. The time series nature of the data allows for …

Local Tax Policy: A Primer provides the definitive discussion of how local governments raise
revenue. The fourth edition addresses the fundamental influences on local tax and revenue …

Property tax abatement incentives, used by 70%(35 states) of the states in the United States,
redirect property tax revenue from the local community to firms in hopes that inducing these …

Tax exemption for industrial encouragement, like a protective tariff, is a device of local
mercantilist policy. It must be justified or opposed on the same grounds as a tariff. On …