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ECON Publications

1979

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Regional Shifts In Economic Activity And Government Finances In Growing And Declining States, Roy W. Bahl Jan 1979

Regional Shifts In Economic Activity And Government Finances In Growing And Declining States, Roy W. Bahl

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No abstract provided.


Fiscal Retrenchment In A Declining State: The New York Case, Roy W. Bahl Jan 1979

Fiscal Retrenchment In A Declining State: The New York Case, Roy W. Bahl

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No abstract provided.


Federal Policy And The Fiscal Outlook For Cities, Roy W. Bahl, Bernard Jump, Jr., Larry Schroeder Jan 1979

Federal Policy And The Fiscal Outlook For Cities, Roy W. Bahl, Bernard Jump, Jr., Larry Schroeder

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Property Taxation In The 1980s, Roy W. Bahl Jan 1979

Property Taxation In The 1980s, Roy W. Bahl

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Students of the property tax have been telling us of its demise for decades. In one very important sense they have been correct: the property tax has steadily diminished as a percent of personal income and total state and local government taxes. By 1977, property taxes accounted for only about one-third of total state-local government taxes (see Table 1). It may seem a paradox, given this decline, that so many of the most important fiscal issues of the 1970s revolved around property taxes. Proposition 13 and school finance reform come quickly to mind, and the fiscal problems of New York …


Forecasting Municipal Revenues And Expenditures, Roy W. Bahl, Larry Schroeder, William Montrone Jan 1979

Forecasting Municipal Revenues And Expenditures, Roy W. Bahl, Larry Schroeder, William Montrone

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This report is designed to assist municipal governments with fiscal planning-specifically, forecasting municipal revenues and expenditures. As municipalities continue to face severe fiscal pressures, it becomes imperative for policy leaders - mayors, council members, selectmen, and managers - to understand the future financial condition of their jurisdictions. An appreciation of potential fiscal problems for the next five years will enable municipal leaders to make sound fiscal policies today.


The Practice Of Urban Property Taxation In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl Jan 1979

The Practice Of Urban Property Taxation In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl

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The goal in this introductory chapter is to provide some perspective on the more detailed essays which follow by describing the range of property tax practices that have emerged in less developed countries (LDCs). The comparative approach taken here differs from other surveys in that it is city-specific and is drawn from the results of individual case studies.


Introduction, The Taxation Of Urban Property In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl Jan 1979

Introduction, The Taxation Of Urban Property In Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl

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No abstract provided.