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This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also suggests ways for government officials to achieve greater voter confidence and more robust property tax systems through key policy and administrative reforms.
Roy Bahl is professor in the Department of Economcis in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez is professor in the Department of Economcis at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Joan Youngman is senior fellow and chair of the Department of Valuation and Taxation at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.