Anderson and Wassmer examine the use and effectiveness of local economic development incentives within a specific region, the Detroit metropolitan area. The Detroit area serves as a good example, they say, because of the area's 20-plus year track record of its communities offering the gamut of...

Economic development incentives are offered by local governments in the United States to retain or attract manufacturing and/or commercial enterprises. We are concerned with "first wave" incentives that began in the United States in the 1970s and continue until today. These include:...

University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of the Global COVID-19 Student Survey, which was administered at 28 universities in the United States, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and Mexico between April and...

Uses an empirical test the "New" view of property taxation. Finds that the greater the positive differential between a city's rate of property taxation and the nation's average rate, the smaller the amount of capital in the city and the smaller the per-unit market value of its property tax base;...

Discussion of legislative and constitutional changes implemented in Michigan during 1994 and 1995 to effect school finance reform. Outlines school district spending determinations, reviews finance reform constraints, and compares school finance reform imposed on both school and states.

Proposition 13 requires that the state of California divide countywide property tax revenue among local governments. Until the early 1990s, the allocations that existed in the three years prior to the passage of the proposition largely determined these divisions. In the early 1990s the state...

California has long been a leader in both its attempts to preserve land devoted to agricultural production and in its approach to funding its state and local governments. Recently it has become the leader in creating a statewide policy (AB 32) to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases generated...

In this paper, we first offer economic arguments in support of greater consideration of user charges to fund public primary and secondary education. Second, to better understand why these economic arguments have not had further influence, a regression analysis shows the factors responsible for...

This paper describes a benefit-cost analysis that finds the net present value of the cost of a cloth fire-barrier standard for upholstered furniture sold in California is greater than the benefits of reduced fire related deaths, injuries, and property damage. It also offers the history of why...

This research compares the actual magnitude of fuel taxes to the perceptions of these amounts. The issue is whether misperceptions about fuel taxes are contributing to voter perspectives about transportation finance and investment issues. A survey of likely Michigan voters shows that taxpayers...