The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of what is known about the effects of property taxation on the market rents and market values of commercial and industrial real estate in urban areas.
Solid Waste Incineration in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Battle over the Illinois Retail Rate Law GCP-96-10
Theories of market and government failure emphasize that public policies may often have unintended consequences.
Future Directions of the Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation GCP-96-9
Public housing in the United States is in the midst of unprecedented change.
Development: Who Pays and Who Benefits? GCP-96-8
All firm locations create costs and benefits. Conventional wisdom holds that any negative effects of firms locating in the outer suburbs are greatly overshadowed by very large private benefits.
Lessons from the Field: Three Case Studies of Mixed-Income Housing Development GCP-96-4
This report presents three case studies of mixed-income housing development in three very different settings: Montgomery County, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; and Boston, Massachusetts.
Improving Health Care Efficiency: Strategic Approaches to Managing Care for Asthma, Sickle Cell Disease and Tuberculosis Conference Proceedings GCP-96-5
On May 2, 1995 the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Initiative, in collaboration with Bethany Hospital in Chicago, a member of the Advocate group of hospitals, brought together local policy makers, researchers, health care providers and consumers in an all-day working conference on the effective and efficient management of sickle cell disease (SCD), asthma and tuberculosis (TB).
The Illinois Voter Project: An Experiment in Using Issue Information To Increase Citizen Participation in the 1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election GCP-96-6
This paper describes the Illinois Voter Project (IVP) conducted by the Illinois League of Women Voters and the University of Illinois at Chicago during the 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election.
Value Exchange and the Social Economy: Framework and Paradigm Shift in Urban Policy GCP-96-3
Urban policy creation and evaluation derive from an often unstated but far-reaching paradigm or framework that privileges a particular model of market processes.
An Investigation into the Impact of Hazardous Waste Contamination Liability in Urban Industrial Land Redevelopment in the City of Chicago GCP-95-5
The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically how the behavior of buyers and developers of industrial property in Chicago might be influenced by the perceived contamination risk.
An Economic Analysis of Guns, Crime and Gun Control GCP-95-4
A model is posited in which guns are demanded for recreation, self-protection or criminal purposes, and in which crime is supplied.