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Since late 1980s China's urban land use began to change from administrative allocation to public land leasing. Compared … leasing that links urban institutions, land use, rent and wage capitalization, and local public finance. My focus is on the … endogenous evolution of local public finance due to rent capitalization, especially how local public finance in China transits …
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This paper examines the causal effect of a change in the nomination scheme of the city manager from appointment by the local council to election by the citizens on urban development policies. Using the fact that the timing of the reform was as good as random in municipalities of the German state...
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In this paper, we explore the relationship between land policies and urbanization in the People's Republic of China … leasing. We find that the urbanization rate and the land leasing revenue are positively related. Land leasing provides …
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In this paper, we explore the relationship between land policies and urbanization in the People's Republic of China … leasing. We find that the urbanization rate and the land leasing revenue are positively related. Land leasing provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966467
This paper provides an overview of land and housing market developments in modern China since 1949. Key milestones in … China’s land allocation system are documented along with a description of the amazing transformation that has taken place … development and uses that model to analyze several current policy issues in China. Those issues include: improper pricing of land …
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In this study an attempt has been made to assess the potential of land as a municipal financing tool in four Indian cities, to enable better public service delivery and attainment of the MDGs. The institutional arrangements for land use are fragmented in India's cities between the urban...
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Current knowledge of the fiscal impacts of alternative land uses comes largely from cost of community services (CCS) case studies, the results of which are viewed skeptically in the literature because of numerous methodological concerns. In order to begin to fill the gap in our understanding of...
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This paper aims to quantify the municipal tax revenue effects of built-up area increases. The assumed existence of these effects is one of the key reasons for ongoing land consumption on the side of the municipalities. Some previous case studies however suggested that these effects might be not...
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This paper explores the effects of fiscal competition on local land use. A theoretical analysis considers the tradeoff faced by a local government deciding about the amount of land made available for commercial or residential uses, when its expansion has adverse effects on the quality of life....
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The heavy reliance of Chinese local governments on land-leasing revenues in recent decades has attracted widespread … criticism due to its potential risks and problems. This research, using a panel dataset of 280 prefecture-level cities in China …
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