Implications of a land value tax with error in assesed values

Land Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-586

  Chapman, Jeffrey I ^a,b   Johnston, Robert J ^a,b   Tyrrell, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND EVALUATION; MODELING; TAX SYSTEM; VALUATION;

EID: 70350540709     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.85.4.576     Document Type: Article

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