Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction / Amy Ellen Schwartz -- What should local governments tax: income or property? / Wallace E. Oates and Robert M. Schwab -- What a tangled web: local property, income and sales taxes / David L. Sjoquist, Sally Wallace and Barbara Edwards -- Land taxation in New York City: a general equilibrium analysis / Andrew Nechyba -- The role of cities in providing housing assistance: a New York perspective / Ingrid Gould Ellen, Michael H. Schill, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Ioan Voicu -- Public ownership in the American city / Edward M. Solow -- The nonprofit sector in K-12 education / Charles T. Clotfelter -- The partially subsidized muse: estimating the value and incidence of public support received by nonprofit arts organizations / Joseph J. Cordes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Collection of papers in honor of public finance economist Dick Netzer. The first four chapters of the book provide in-depth explorations of alternative methods of financing urban government such as: the relative merits of income and property taxation at the local level, the impact of sales and income taxation on property taxation, and the feasibility of adopting a land value tax. The next two chapters focus on government expenditures: the impact of subsidized housing investment on property values, and the theoretical and historical explanations for public ownership and direct provision of public services. The final two chapters of the book turn their attention to the non-profit sector, exploring subsidies to non-profit arts organizations and the role of the non-profit sector in providing K-12 education, specifically addressing the implications for segregation and equity.