Tools for state and local fiscal management : from policy design to practice

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Tax policy tools -- 1 Introduction to Tools for State and Local Fiscal Management -- 2 Dynamic revenue analysis: Experience of the states -- 3 Local government revenue diversification: Prospects for Connecticut -- 4 The Homestead Option Sales Tax: Lessons learned from DeKalb and Rockdale counties -- Part II: Tax incentive tools -- 5 Age-based property tax exemptions' effects on home prices and migration of older homeowners