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Property Tax and Urban Sprawl. Theory and Implications for U.S. Cities

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Song, Yan
Zenou, Yves

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This article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between property tax and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We develop a theoretical model that includes households (who are also landlords) and land developers in a regional land market. We then test the model empirically based on a national sample of urbanized areas. The results we obtained from both theoretical and empirical analyses indicate that increasing property tax rates reduces the size of urbanized areas.

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Keywords: fully-closed city; instrumental variables; property tax; urban economics; urban sprawl;

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H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
R14 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns

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  1. François Gusdorf & Stéphane Hallegatte, 2007. "Compact or Spread-Out Cities: Urban Planning, Taxation, and the Vulnerability to Transportation Shocks," Working Papers 2007.17, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Albert Solé-Ollé & Miriam Hortas Rico, 2008. "Does urban sprawl increase the costs of providing local public services? Evidence from Spanish municipalities," Working Papers 2008/6, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB). [Downloadable!]
  3. Song, Yan & Zenou, Yves, 2008. "How Differences in Property Taxes within Cities Affect Urban Sprawl?," CEPR Discussion Papers 6842, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. John Deskins & William Fox, 2008. "Measuring Behavioral Responses to the Property Tax," International Studies Program Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0816, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. [Downloadable!]
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