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GCI Working Paper Series - Government
Maximization of Non-Residential
Property Tax Revenue by a Local Government
John F. McDonald
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Director, Center for Urban Real Estate
University of Illinois at Chicago
February 2007
GCP-07-06
The paper presents a model of the market for commercial or industrial
real estate at the local level that is used to derive an equation for
the property tax rate that maximizes tax revenue – given that
demand for real estate at the local level is highly elastic and capital
is mobile in the long run.
Does Form
of Fiscal Governance Matter:
Fiscal Practices and Outcomes in Chicago
Suburbs
Rebecca Hendrick
Associate Professor of Public Administration
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
January 2007
GCP-07-01
This paper explores the extent to which government performance varies
between traditional council-mayor structures and reformed council-manager
structures. Little research exists on the linkage between type of government
and financial management practices outside of budgeting or performance
measurement. The research presented here uses both qualitative and quantitative
data on suburbs in the Chicago metropolitan region and a relatively
unique, three-stage research design to address these analytical problems
and provide more detailed inferences about the linkages between fiscal
governance, financial management practices, and financial conditions
in these local governments. The findings demonstrate interesting and
complex relationships between fiscal governance (and form of government),
financial management practices, financial conditions, and other factors
important to these conditions.
From Daley
to Daley: Chicago Politics from 1955-2006
Dick Simpson
Associate Professor, Department of History
Professor, Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholar 2005-2006
May 2006
GCP-06-03
In the past fifty years Chicago has been transformed socially, economically,
governmentally and politically. By tracing campaign contributions, aldermanic
voting, election results, and government jobs and contracts we can begin
to trace the political transformation. Yet, a full explanation requires
considering biographical facts and social forces as well. This paper
begins that exploration.
Financing
Infrastructure in the 21st Century City: “How Did I Get Stuck
Holding the Bag?”
Michael A. Pagano
Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Public Administration
Great Cities Senior Faculty Fellow
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
at Chicago
David C. Perry
Professor, Urban Planning and Policy
Director, Great Cities Institute
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
at Chicago
May 2006
GCP-06-02
This essay identifies critical issues in financing city infrastructure
and a realistic set of options available to policymakers. In particular,
the report examines trends toward decentralization and fragmentation
of governmental and financial institutions and toward market-based and
consumer- or customer-oriented policies.
Telephomania:
The Contested Origins of the Urban Telephone Operating Company
in the
United States , 1879-1894
Richard John
Associate Professor,
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Great Cities Institute Faculty
Fellow 2004-2005
June 2005
GCP-05-02
This paper seeks to redirect our understanding of the formative era
of American telephony by exploring the relationship between innovation,
government-business relations, and business strategy in the pre-1894
period in the large urban exchange. The focus is on Chicago, which,
along with New York City, was in this period one of the two largest
telephone exchanges in the world.
Reconstructing Regional
Politics: Special Purpose Authorities and Municipal Governments
Dennis Judd
Professor,
Department of Political Science
Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
Faculty Fellow, Great Cities Institute
June 2003
GCP-03-01
In this working paper, Professor Judd asserts that special authorities
and development corporations shape metropolitan growth at least as much
as do cities, and that their fiscal and political authority is rapidly
increasing. As the center of gravity in urban development moves away
from general-purpose governments, important questions arise: How can
these new institutions be made accountable, yet remain effective? Does
the new institutional fragmentation of urban regions doom the prospects
for regional cooperation and governance?
The Illinois Voter Project: An Experiment in Using Issue Information to Increase Citizen Participation
in the 1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election
Barry Rundquist, Sharon Fox, & Gerald Strom
April 1996
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. It summarizes an approach
to increasing voter participation, citizen views on problems in Illinois,
and an evaluation of the impact of the IVP on voter participation.
1996 Elections: Building a Bridge to the 21st Century
Video(Running Time: 28:06)
Dick Simpson
GCP-96-13
This video documents the 1996 presidential election. The video contrasts
the Republicans and Democratic conventions and the candidates’
very different messages and provides an analysis of the results.
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