The property tax in China [electronic resource] : history, pilots, and prospects / Yilin Hou, Qiang Ren, Ping Zhang.
2015
HJ4406 .H68 2015
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Title
The property tax in China [electronic resource] : history, pilots, and prospects / Yilin Hou, Qiang Ren, Ping Zhang.
Author
Hou, Yilin, author.
ISBN
9783319100494 electronic book
3319100491 electronic book
9783319100487
3319100491 electronic book
9783319100487
Published
Cham ; New York : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 186 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-10049-4 doi
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HJ4406 .H68 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
336.220951
Summary
This monograph offers a detailed analysis of the creation, pilot implementation, and possible wide adoption of the real property tax at the local level in China. Starting in 2003, as China?s economy gradually recovered from the Asian financial crisis that started in 1998, the real property market entered a period of rapid expansion, followed immediately by rampant speculation, rising housing costs, and official corruption. Over the last ten years, the price of real property in most cities has more than tripled, especially in metropolitan areas. In an effort to curb this, the government has instituted a number of property-market controls, including property tax pilot programs in Shanghai and Chongqing. While this is the latest of a number of fiscal reforms, it is a very important one that carries with it the ability to change the landscape of public finance, intergovernmental relations, and local governance in China. It represents a fundamental change in the provision of public services, the relationship between local governments and tax payers, and the status of localities in the government structure. Taking a public choice perspective, the authors argue that the local property tax should be used not solely as a means of controlling housing prices but should be fully employed as a fiscal and budgetary institution that will contribute to mitigating multifarious socio-economic problems resulting from economic growth, rapid urbanization, and widening income disparity. As this program is the first of its kind, so this book is the first detailed study of property tax in China; as such, it will appeal to researchers of public finance and public policy. It will also be of great interest to policymakers in China and in other countries that are considering adopting or reforming their versions of the local property tax. It fills the gap in a growing body of literature about the inner workings of Chinese economics and policy.
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2014).
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Ren, Qiang, author.
Zhang, Ping, author.
Zhang, Ping, author.
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Development and governance ; 1.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Three Stages Of China?s Financial Reforms
3. Transition Of Local Revenue Systems
4. Real Property Tax For Chinese Local Governments
5. Creating LPT As An Institution: Policy Process In China
6. Roots Of The Real Property Tax In Chinese History
7. Design Features Of The LPT Pilots
8. Progress Of LPT In Two Pilot Cities
9. Public Feedback ? Survey And Public Media Findings
10. Simulation
11. Towards Local Property Tax As An Institution
References
Appendices.
2. Three Stages Of China?s Financial Reforms
3. Transition Of Local Revenue Systems
4. Real Property Tax For Chinese Local Governments
5. Creating LPT As An Institution: Policy Process In China
6. Roots Of The Real Property Tax In Chinese History
7. Design Features Of The LPT Pilots
8. Progress Of LPT In Two Pilot Cities
9. Public Feedback ? Survey And Public Media Findings
10. Simulation
11. Towards Local Property Tax As An Institution
References
Appendices.