Value-based property taxation: Options for Hungary

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-521

  Szalai, Ákos ^a   Tassonyi, Álmos T ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b Ontario Ministry of Finance   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROPERTY MARKET; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 4644244931     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0132     Document Type: Article

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