The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Downtown Development: Assessing the Effects of TIF on Property Values in the city of Kalamazoo
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Authors
Melstrom, Richard T.
Issue Date
2007
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular local economic development tool used by U.S.
municipalities. By improving public infrastructure in a disadvantaged area of a city, TIF
attempts to stimulate new development, while using the subsequent increases in property
values and the associated gains in taxes to pay-off the costs of the improvements. This
paper presents an investigation into the impact of Kalamazoo, Michigan's Downtown
Development Authority's TIF District on property values, to discern whether or not the
District successfully encouraged higher rates of economic growth. Through basic
empirical analysis, it is shown that the TIF District did have a significantly positive effect
on property value growth.
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vi, 46 p.
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