City taxes city spending : essays in honor of Dick Netzer An illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer the public finance economist well known for his research on state and local taxation the provision of urban public services and non profit organizations. Following in his tradition the contributors apply microeconomics to real world problems facing urban areas and use statistical analysis to gain insight into practical solutions 1. Introduction 2. What should local governments tax : income or property 3. what a tangled web : local property income and sales taxes 4. Land taxation in New York City : a general equilibrium analysis 5. The role of cities in providing housing assistance : a New York perspective 6. Public ownership in the American city 7. The nonprofit sector in K 12 education 8. The partially subsidized muse : estimating the value and incidence of public support received by nonprofit arts organizations