The editor has assembled a stellar group of experts to write about their areas of expertise. Topics include bureaucracy, corruption and tax compliance, public finance in developing economies, taxation in several former Soviet republics, Eastern Europe and China, taxation in the enlarged European...

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...

One of the most striking macroeconomic developments during the last three decades is the rise and persistence of large fiscal deficits in a number of countries. Despite recent major fiscal reforms around the world, many countries suffer from recurrent large fiscal imbalances that often reflect...

This book integrates the fundamentals of quantitative significance, using existing estimates of the elasticities of demand for tax, health insurance, and medical services in a static microsimulation model. It serves as a guide to the financial and social basics of health insurance and provides...

Gaming markets are evolving rapidly. Spearheading this change is the internet, which has enabled cross-border gambling on an unprecedented scale. This book explores the changing landscape of the gaming market and is a crucial companion for all looking for informed discussion on the future of gaming

This exciting new volume provides an up-to-date overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, its main reform needs, and possible reform strategies that take into account the likely economic, institutional, and political constraints on the reform process.

Introduction -- The Home-Ownership Allowance and Residential Real Estate Prices -- The Tenancy Law Reform Act of 2001 and the Risk Perception of Residential Real Estate Investments -- The Municipal Trade Tax Multiplier and Office Purchase Prices and Rents -- Summary, Practical Implications, and...

Lohnsteuerliches Reisekostenrecht 2014 – Wesentliche Änderungen -- Einführung des Begriffs der ersten Tätigkeitsstätte und Auswirkungen auf die Gewinneinkünfte -- Auswirkungen des neuen Reisekostenrechts auf die Unternehmenspraxis -- Kritische Betrachtung der Reisekostenreform.

1 Einleitung -- 2 Theorie der Steuervermeidung -- 3 Steuervermeidung in Deutschland -- 4 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Literatur -- 5 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Diff-in-Diff-Berechnung -- 6 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Fixed Effects-Modell -- 7...