Saving Minnesota's Recreational Lands

A Plan to Create Incentives that are:

  • revenue neutral to local and state governments.

  • large enough to change behavior and turn shoreline consumers into shoreline conservationists.

  • fair to all other property classes, shifting tax burden only to those who are consuming shoreline.

Author Earl L. Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business prepared this paper for MSRPO Coalition, Inc. and the Legislature of the State of Minnesota. 

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