Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development: Uses, Structures, and Impact (Suny Series in Public Administration) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791449769 ISBN 13: 9780791449769

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Examines the many issues raised by the increasing popularity of tax increment financing.

A variety of policies, programs, and strategies have been designed to provide assistance, directly or indirectly, to businesses for the purpose of promoting economic development in a community. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the uses, structures, and impacts of tax increment financing (TIF), one of the most widely used state and local economic development policies. Offering specific examples, cases, surveys, and empirical evidence, it addresses how TIF works, why TIF is adopted, and what impacts TIF has on local economic development.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A variety of policies, programs, and strategies have been designed to provide assistance, directly or indirectly, to businesses for the purpose of promoting economic development in a community. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the uses, structures, and impacts of tax increment financing (TIF), one of the most widely used state and local economic development policies. Offering specific examples, cases, surveys, and empirical evidence, it addresses how TIF works, why TIF is adopted, and what impacts TIF has on local economic development.

About the Author:

Craig L. Johnson and Joyce Y. Man are Associate Professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

About this edition

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0791449769
• ISBN 13: 9780791449769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Johnson Craig L., Man Joyce Y.