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Management Practice Variation in Tax Increment Financing Districts: An Empirical Examination of the Administrative Theory of Performance
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In this article, the authors considered or controlled for the potential effects of tax increment financing (TIF) effectiveness under extensive tax increment finance controls, and found that no study had considered the potential effect of TIF on economic performance.Abstract:
Research into tax increment financing (TIF) effectiveness has yielded mixed results, often under extensive controls. Until recently, no study had considered or controlled for the potential effects ...read more
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The tiff over tif: a review of the literature examining the effectiveness of the tax increment financing
Robert T. Greenbaum,Jim Landers +1 more
TL;DR: Tax increment financing (TIF) was discontinued in California as mentioned in this paper after six decades of use, which triggered a re-examination of its broader use. TIF typically allows the borrowing of funds for...
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Performance Management: Confronting the Challenges for Local Government
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Growth Management Effectiveness: A Literature Review
Reid Ewing,Torrey Lyons,Fariba Siddiq,Sadegh Sabouri,Fatemeh Kiani,Shima Hamidi,Dong-ah Choi,Hassan Ameli +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , a comprehensive set of growth management tools, used by urban planners and policymakers to curb sprawl, starting with the history of the tool, then describing how it works in practice, and finally presenting any available empirical evidence on how well it works to curb urban and suburban sprawl and/or achieve other public purposes.
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Measuring the effect of performance management in local economic development policy: the case of tax increment finance districts in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex
TL;DR: In this article, performance management use in local governments actually brings about performance improvement, if so, can performance attributed to the use of particular tools or approaches? This study exam was conducted to evaluate whether performance can be attributed to specific tools and approaches.
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Predicting TIF Distress: A Statistical Analysis of Tax Incremental Finance Districts in Wisconsin
TL;DR: In this article, a dataset of all 1,080 active TIF districts in Wisconsin was used to assess local government fiscal health by focusing on indicators such as budgetary solvency and macroeconomic conditions in predicting TIF distress.
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