Suburban Encroachment on the Old North 40: The Search for Effective Measures to Preserve Agricultural Land |
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Authors: | Rebecca Conard |
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Institution: | Rebecca Conard, M.A., is a doctoral degree candidate in the public historical studies program, department of history, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Conard is researching the history of California's 1965 Land Conservation Act |
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Abstract: | A bstract . Since 1956, more than 40 states have passed some form of legislation to preserve agricultural land. These statutes or constitutional amendments invoke a variety of economic and/or legal strategies to obtain their objectives, but the most common strategy is that of the differential tax. None of the various strategies is entirely effective, however, although land resource allocation problems have prompted some economists to reexamine the merits of land value taxation. A survey of pertinent literature on land value taxation is examined in an effort to determine whether a system based on single tax principles might offer a simpler, more equitable, and therefore preferable solution to the problem of land resource allocation according to criteria believed to foster environmental conservation or social goals. |
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