State and local taxation comprises those taxes that are collected at the sub-federal government levels in order to finance state and local public services, assigning discretion in the determination of rates and bases of these taxes to sub-federal governments. Consider a nation with different...

Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year...

A theoretical analysis considers the impact of a typical system of redistributive "fiscal equalization" transfers on the taxing effort of local jurisdictions. More specifically, it shows that the marginal contribution rate, i.e. the rate at which an increase in the tax base is reducing those...

Die letzte kleine Reform der deutschen Grundsteuer liegt über dreißig Jahre zurück. Spätestens mit der deutschen Einheit sind die systematischen und administrativen Schwächen dieser Gemeindesteuer derart in den Vordergrund getreten, dass ihre grundlegende Reform überfällig geworden ist....