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Using a panel of data on the financing of the United States’ largest central cities from 1997 to 2008, the empirical results of this paper provide strong support for the hypothesis that a more diversified revenue structure generates more revenues than one that relies primarily on the property tax.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Larry Beasley, Canadian Planner Vancouver and Abu Dhabi. It is entitled Planning the Global City: Vancouver, Abu Dhabi and the world. The talk was held on November 16th, 4-6 pm, at the George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on October 4, 2011, sponsored by the Cities Centre, University of Toronto.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Leslie Koch, President of The Trust for Governors Island, New York. Her talk is entitled The Blue Apple.
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This panel discussion was moderated by David Crombie, President, David Crombie and Associates, and former Mayor of Toronto. The panelists included: John Matheson, Partner, Strategy Corp.; Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School and City of Toronto Open Meeting Investigator; Karim Bardeesy, Editorial Writer at the Globe and Mail, and 2011 DiverseCity Fellow; and Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto.
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This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Ricky Burdett, Director of the London School of Economics Cities and Urban Age Program, was entitled Living in the Endless City: Global Challenges in an Urban Age.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on Infrastructure Planning and Financing, at a workshop on “Governance of Metropolitan Regions in Federal Systems,” sponsored by the European Union Committee of the Regions and the Forum of Federations, in Brussels, Belgium.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at a Forum on “Financing Local Economic Development” in Manila, Philippines, sponsored by the Canadian Urban Institute.
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