Tools for State and Local Fiscal Management : From Policy Design to Practice /: From Policy Design to Practice. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alex Hathaway, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Chris Thayer.
• Editors: Hathaway, Alex; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Thayer, Chris
• Contents: Contents: Foreword by Robert D. Ebel xi PART I TAX POLICY TOOLS 1 Introduction to Tools for State and Local Fiscal Management 2 Alex Hathaway, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Chris Thayer 2 Dynamic revenue analysis: Experience of the states 9 Peter Bluestone and Carolyn Bourdeaux 3 Local government revenue diversification: Prospects for Connecticut 37 Laura Wheeler and Bauyrzhan Yedgenov 4 The Homestead Option Sales Tax: Lessons learned from DeKalb and Rockdale counties 79 Mels de Zeeuw and Laura Wheeler PART II TAX INCENTIVE TOOLS 5 Age-based property tax exemptions' effects on home prices and migration of older homeowners 91 Peter Bluestone and Nicholas Warner, with H. Spencer Banzhaf and Per Johnson 6 Preparing local tax expenditure reports: A practical guide for local governments 111 Per Johnson and Laura Wheeler 7 Local tax incentives: Examples from metropolitan counties 127 Laura Wheeler and Per Johnson PART III EDUCATION POLICY TOOLS 8 Financing education services 152 Elton Davis and Isabel Ruthotto 9 Equalization grants for education services 183 Nicholas Warner 10 Georgia's special purpose local option sales tax for education: Review of trends and policy implications 193 Ross Rubenstein and Nicholas Warner 11 The effect of start-up charter schools on nearby property values 218 Peter Bluestone, David L. Sjoquist, and Nicholas Warner PART IV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 12 Tax increment financing: Effects of the Great Recession in the United States, Georgia, and Atlanta 254 Dick Layton 13 Adding multifamily residential properties to community improvement districts 284 Carolyn Bourdeaux, Lindsay Kuhn, Sarah E. Larson, and Laura Wheeler 14 Non-tax economic development incentives 319 Carlianne Patrick 15 Constitutional limits on state and local aid to private enterprise 331 Carlianne Patrick Index 372.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance; Public finance; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Local; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Taxation -- General; Taxation; Government powers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800886414; 1800886411
• Related ISBNs: 9781800886407
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