Can the land tax help curb urban sprawl? Evidence from growth patterns in Pennsylvania

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Banzhaf, H Spencer ^a,b   Lavery, Nathan ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Legislative Joint Fiscal Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Land tax; Property tax; Split rate tax; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749115901     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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