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🎓 Thesis: The impact of the Auckland Unitary Plan on thespatial arrangement of land values

Legacy of Henry George for urban economics:

• Extent to which property/land taxes are capitalised into prices
• Assessment methods for land valuation
• Incentive effects of land taxes for optimal governance:
• Changes in zoning, impact on land prices, housing supply, rents
• Outcomes of various affordable housing policies:
• Empirical validation of ATCOR (All Taxes Come Out of Rent)
• Impact of land taxes on development rates
• Separating the investment motive from the consumption motive in housing markets: