Tax Increment Financing Framework for Integrated Transit and Urban Renewal Projects in Car-Dependent Cities

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-60

  McIntosh, James ^a   Trubka, Roman ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hedonic price modelling; infrastructure funding; tax assessment districts; tax increment financing; Transit accessibility; value capture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924863855     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2014.968246     Document Type: Article

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