Council tax was introduced in Britain in 1993 and represents a unique international property tax. There is a growing belief that it is time to reform the number and structure of council tax bands, but such views have a minimal empirical base. This paper sets out to assess the impact of changing...

Duration and convexity measures are commonly applied in the management of bond portfolios to measure the sensitivity of asset values to changes in interest rates, enabling fund managers to manage their exposure to interest rate risk. Yet, there are no commonly accepted methods for applying the...