Fiscal Impacts of Development: Literature Review and Discussion
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2010-09-10
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This project reviewed literature discussing the fiscal impacts of development and offers relevant
commentary and recommendations in light of Delaware’s governance and growth characteristics.
Chapter 1 reviews a broad set of literature outlining the fiscal impacts of growth and
development, describes Delaware’s relatively unique governance characteristics, and discusses
the distribution of the fiscal impacts of development across Delaware’s state and local
governments. Chapter 2 describes and presents analysis of the various fiscal-impact-analysis
methods used by governments to estimate the cost and revenue impacts of development. Chapter
3 outlines fiscal-impact-analysis applications that could be implemented by Delaware’s state,
county, and municipal governments, offering several recommended first steps that would aid
implementation. Finally, the annotated bibliography in the Appendix should prove a valuable
resource for future research as it lists and briefly summarizes references reviewed for this report.
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economic development, fiscal impacts, development, growth, analysis