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Presentation | 2012
Big City, Big Ideas: The Hudson Yards
Jay Cross
IMFG, along with the School of Public Policy and Governance, the Department of Geography and Planning, Urban Strategies, and Global City Indicators Facility, presented the first lecture in the series, "Big City, Big Ideas," entitled Hudson Yards, NYC: The History, Challenges and Opportunities of North America’s Largest City-Building Development.
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Video | 2012
Big City, Big Ideas: Hudson Yards, NYC
Jay Cross and Blake Hutcheson
In this video, IMFG, along with the School of Public Policy and Governance, the Department of Geography and Planning, Urban Strategies, and Global City Indicators Facility, presented the first lecture in the series, “Big City, Big Ideas,” entitled Hudson Yards, NYC: The History, Challenges and Opportunities of North America’s Largest City-Building Development.
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Forum Paper | 2012
Moving our Region: Funding Transportation for our Future
Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance
During 2011 and 2012, the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) hosted a speakers’ series called Moving our Region on funding regional transportation. This report distills the key lessons from the series.
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Presentation | 2012
The Reform of the Business Property Tax in Ontario
Michael Smart
Michael Smart presents the findings of his recent IMFG Paper, which explores the impacts of business property tax reform in Ontario between 2001 and 2004.
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Presentation | 2012
Paying for Local Government Services in Large Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration on August 28, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Presentation | 2012
Paying for Local Government Services in Large Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on August 22, 2012, at the International Property Tax Institute Conference in Sao Paolo.
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IMFG Paper | 2012
The Reform of Business Property Tax in Ontario
Michael Smart
Business property taxes in Ontario have fallen dramatically in the past decade, due to a series of reforms mandated by the provincial government. This paper discusses the likely impacts of the reforms on business location, wages, and land values, and the economic welfare of provincial residents.
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IMFG Paper | 2012
IMFG Graduate Student Papers
Mia Baumeister; Cayley Burgess
Baumeister’s paper suggests policy changes for using the development charge as a planning tool. Burgess reviews the risks to Canadian municipal finance from extreme weather and analyzes the financial tools that cities can use to prepare for extreme weather events.
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