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Tanner Regan

  • Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
  • George Washington University

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Tanner Regan is an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Elliott School and the Department of Economics at George Washington University. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and M.A. and B.Sc. degrees from the University of Toronto. His main fields of research are urban and development economics, including issues related to housing, property rights, urban planning, and property tax in developing country cities. 

 

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Spatial construction dynamics in sites and services projects

Vernon Henderson, Tanner Regan, Martina Manara, Guy Michaels, Francisco Libano-Monteiro 15 Sep 2026
Project

Exploring interactions between national and local government taxes in Uganda

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan 1 Jun 2021
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Public reporting and property tax compliance: A field experiment in Kampala, Uganda (2020)

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan 30 Jun 2022
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Public reporting and property tax compliance: A field experiment in Kampala, Uganda

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan 30 Apr 2020
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Valuation models for property tax in Kampala, Uganda

Tanner Regan, Priya Manwaring 31 Aug 2019
Project
Kimara, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Leveraging informal institutions to raise land formalisation

Tanner Regan, Martina Manara 30 Jun 2019
Project

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Cover of policy brief Property rate bands and the state of property tax

Property rate bands and the state of property tax

Nathaniel Badalov, Julius Mutebi, Kavya Ravindranath, Tanner Regan, Ezra Ssebuwufu
Policy brief
Property tax in Kampala

Property tax in Kampala: Revenue collection, progressive rate bands, and valuation appeals

Nathaniel Badalov, Julius Mutebi, Kavya Ravindranath, Tanner Regan, Ezra Ssebuwufu
Project report
Cover page for report Dynamics of greenfield development: Evidence from the "20,000 plots" project in Dar es Salaam - housing and neighbourhoods

Dynamics of greenfield development: Evidence from the "20,000 plots" project in Dar es Salaam

Vernon Henderson, Francisco Libano-Monteiro, Martina Manara, Guy Michaels, Tanner Regan
Policy brief
Report cover: Economics of greenfield planning

Economics of greenfield urban planning

Vernon Henderson, Francisco Libano-Monteiro, Martina Manara, Guy Michaels, Tanner Regan
Working paper
No shame in my name: Public disclosure and tax compliance in a low-capacity state

No shame in my name: Public disclosure and tax compliance in a low-capacity state

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Working paper
City view of Kampala
Taxing effectively

Improving tax compliance through public disclosure: Evidence from Uganda

Tanner Regan, Priya Manwaring
Blog
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Public disclosure and tax compliance: Evidence from Uganda

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Working paper
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Public disclosure and property tax compliance: A field experiment in Kampala, Uganda

Jones Ahabwe, Priya Manwaring, Julius Mutebi, Tanner Regan
Policy brief

7th Urbanisation and Poverty Reduction Research Conference

30–31 January 2023 Washington, DC
Past Event
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Ask a local: Improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania

Martina Manara, Tanner Regan
Project report
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Property tax compliance in Kampala: Preliminary evidence from taxpayer feedback and administrative data

Jones Ahabwe, Henry Kikonyogo, Priya Manwaring, Robert Raikes Mugangaizi, Julius Mutebi, Daniel Muhumuza Nuweabine, Tanner Regan
Project report

The compliance challenge: Raising property tax revenues in Kampala

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Blog
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Enhancing property tax compliance in Kampala

Jones Ahabwe, Henry Kikonyogo, Priya Manwaring, Robert Raikes Mugangaizi, Julius Mutebi, Daniel Muhumuza Nuweabine, Tanner Regan
Policy brief
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Enhancing property tax in Kampala: Successes, challenges, and next steps for increasing municipal revenue

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Policy brief

Technology and property tax: Raising city revenue in Kampala

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Blog
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Property taxes in Kampala: Some background information

Priya Manwaring, Tanner Regan
Policy brief