Mar 7, 2022
Recommendation | Is China an infrastructure construction fanatic?
Over the past forty years, China's rapid infrastructure development has attracted attention from domestic and international media, with some international reports not maliciously calling China an infrastructure maniac. These reports express such lamentation about the scale, speed, difficulty, and advanced technology of certain infrastructure projects in China. However, is China really an infrastructure ...
Feb 16, 2022
Article Recommendation | In China, a Civic Conservation Movement Blooms
This article is excerpted from the Lincoln Land Policy Institute's quarterly Land Lines monthly issue, introducing the rapid development of China's private protected lands in recent years. Click the "Read Original" button at the bottom left to download the full article.In China’s Sichuan Province, a craggy, mist-shrouded corner of the Min Mountains occupies a fabled place in the country’s land conservation ...
Jan 13, 2022
Viewpoint | Comparative Study of International Experiences in Real Estate Tax
Real estate tax is a local tax commonly established worldwide, providing local governments with stable, sustainable, predictable, and autonomous tax revenue. It plays a unique role in local finances, distribution of real estate appreciation revenue, and housing market operations. A sound real estate tax system should have five characteristics: local autonomy, broad tax base, targeted reductions and ...
Dec 31, 2021
Lincoln New Book Recommendation | Infrastructure Economics and Policy from an...
"Infrastructure Economics and Policy from an International Perspective"José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Chief EditorPublished by the Lincoln Land Policy Institute, 2021ContentsFORWORD – George M. McCarthy1. Introduction: What Makes Infrastructure Special? – José A. Gómez-Ibáñez and Zhi LiuPART 1. INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWTH, AND POVERTY2. Infrastructure Stocks and Macroeconomic Performance Across Countries – Gregory ...
Dec 14, 2021
Beijing Forum 2021 | Roundtable Discussion: How Can Urban Planet Achieve Carb...
HostLiu ZhiLiu Zhi, Director of the Center for Urban Development and Land Policy at Peking University-Lincoln Institute.Participating guestsMichael Spence, Stanford Distinguished Professor and former Dean of Stanford Business School, Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics laureate.Michael SpenceJean-Pascal van YperseleJean-Pascal van Ypersele,...