The Economics of Centralism and Local Autonomy: Fiscal Decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
“State Administration” vs. Self-Government in the Slovak and Czech Republics....Pages 3-21
Taxes on Real Property in the Czech Republic....Pages 23-36
Land and Building Taxes in the Republic of Slovakia....Pages 37-52
Moral Hazard in Property Tax Administration: A Comparative Analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics....Pages 53-64
Fiscal Decentralization in Economic Transformation: The Czech and Slovak Cases....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
The Property Tax, Grants, and Other Sources of Local Revenues....Pages 83-94
User Fees in Local Finance: Performance and Potential in the Czech Republic and Slovakia....Pages 95-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Local Budgeting in the Czech and Slovak Republics....Pages 117-127
A Survey of Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations: A Comparative Analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics....Pages 129-154
Decentralization and Local Finance in the Czech Republic: With an Update on the Property Tax....Pages 155-186
Slovakia’s Surge: The New System’s Impact on Fiscal Decentralization....Pages 187-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
The Global Crisis: Origins and Arrival in Europe....Pages 211-227
Subnational Finance Today and Tomorrow in the Czech Republic: Impacts of the Financial Crisis and Global Recession....Pages 229-243
Subnational Finance Today and Tomorrow in the Slovak Republic: Impacts of the Financial Crisis and Global Recession....Pages 245-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-292