relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1144/
title: Tax Increment Financing in Champaign, Illinois: Analyzing the effect of TIF districts on the economic development of Champaign between 1980-2010
creator: Huttenhuis, L.J.
description: In this thesis three Tax Increment Financing districts in Champaign, Illinois, are analyzed in a qualitative and quantitative way to determine the effect of TIF districts on the economic development of Champaign. This thesis shows that development in and around a TIF diffuse and does not happen only in one single place or area. The outcomes lead to the conclusion that TIF districts can change the path of blighted areas. The use of spatial data created a new dimension in TIF research, enabling the analysis and spatial direction of economic development. It became clear that TIF is a financial tool to redevelop areas but economic development goals are not the only objective a municipality has in mind when adopting a TIF. Spillover effects were hard to determine, but regions around the districts did show signs of stimulated development.
date: 2013
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1144/1/23082013_TIF_and_Economic_Deve_1.pdf
identifier:   Huttenhuis, L.J.  (2013) Tax Increment Financing in Champaign, Illinois: Analyzing the effect of TIF districts on the economic development of Champaign between 1980-2010.  Master thesis.