Property Tax in BRICS Megacities: Local Government Financing and Financial Sustainability (Contributions to Economics) - Softcover

Salm, Marco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319873679 ISBN 13: 9783319873671

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

Comprehensive overview on property tax and its practical application in BRICS megacities

Case-by-case studies and horizontal comparison of property tax systems in BRICS megacities

Highlights the property tax as means to improve the financial sustainability of megacities, reliability and quality of their services, and their contribution to supporting economic growth

About this title

About the Author

Marco Salm pursued his doctorate in public finance at German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany.

From the Back Cover

The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities. As megacities play a vital role within their respective countries - economically, administratively, and from a human development perspective - they experience the costs and benefits of urbanization simultaneously with major investment needs, rising poverty, and increasing congestion and pollution levels in the context of limited financial resources, raising the question for a suitable decentralized funding source. This book highlights the property tax as a means to help further improve the financial sustainability of megacities, the reliability and quality of their services, and megacities' contribution to supporting economic growth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319873679
• ISBN 13: 9783319873671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236