Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation

Edited by the late Dick Netzer, former Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Administration, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, US

• Contents: Introduction 1. Taxes on Buildings and Land in a Dynamic Model of Real Estate Markets 2. The Effect of Tax Increment Financing on Land Use 3. Preferential Assessment: Impacts and Alternatives 4. The Influence of Local Fiscal Structure and Growth Control Choices on ‘Big-Box’ Urban Sprawl in the American West 5. Is Zoning a Substitute for, or a Complement to, Factor Taxes? 6. Taxes Versus Regulation: The Welfare Impacts of Policies for Containing Urban Sprawl 7. Land Use Regulations and the Property Tax: Cost–Benefit Analyses 8. The Rise of the Private Neighbourhood Association: A Constitutional Revolution in Local Government 9. The Rise of Private Neighbourhood Associations: Revolution or Evolution? 10. Frontage Tax and the Optimally Compact City Index

'. . . an interesting exploration of land use and taxations. It is well thought out and provides the reader with both the theoretical basis for analysis and some empirical support for the theoretical arguments. . . the book is a wonderful example of a well-written and formatted reader for reference on the shelves of all interested in taxation and land use.'