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A Conference on the Future of Connecticut and Beyond

Affordable Cities: Bringing the Cost of Living Down to Earth

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INTRODUCTION
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Council of Georgist Organizations
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Here are links to some recommended readings on how cities can make use of public policy to stimulate investment in new construction, the renovation of existing buildings, attract population and increase employment. An internet search on "land value taxation" will direct researchers to a wealth of additional pertinent information.

GOVERNMENT REPORTS


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The Revitalization of Pennsylvania's Capital City -- Harrisburg
This is the story of how Harrisburg made the difficult but very necessary public policie decisions required to retain residents, renovate much of the city's housing stock, attract development and generate commerce.


Minnesota Planning Environmental Quality Board

Property Tax Reform for Smart Growth (published earlier this year and available for downloading at the website of the Environmental Quality Board)


INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS

H. William Batt

Simulation Models of Tax Shifting (2000)



Arthur P. Becker

Full Employment Without Inflation (1977)



Edward J. Dodson

Homeownership and Markets: The Lessons of the Twentieth Century and the Consequences of Policy Choices (1990, revised 1997)

The Wealth of Our Nation, presented at the conference, Friday, 18 July 2003


Fred Foldvary

Tax Financial Capital? Bad Idea (1998)



Kris Feder

Real Estate and Capital Gains Taxation (1997)



Mason Gaffney

Property Tax Reform in the Big Picture (1995)



C. Lowell Harriss
The Economic Effects of Today's Property Tax (1974)


Dick Netzer

Land Value Taxation: Could It Work Today? (1998)



Nicolaus Tideman

Assessing Land Properly (1998)


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