This book provides a comprehensive treatment of traditional as well as newer topics in local public, fiscal and financial management principles and practices. It covers traditional topics of local public management, local revenue administration with special emphasis on property tax...

In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their high levels of jurisdictional fragmentation. This timely volume examines the different strategies used to...

1. Introduction -- 2. Local Tax Administration -- 3. The Practice of Real Property Taxation in the World -- 4. Municipal Budgeting and Accounting -- 5. Local Fiscal Discipline -- 6. Local Public Infrastructure and Corruption -- 7. Measuring and Monitoring Local Government Performance -- 8....

Renommierte Fachexperten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis diskutieren anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages von Klaus Lüder über die neueren Entwicklungen im öffentlichen Rechnungswesen. Trotz der Weite seiner Forschungs- und Arbeitsgebiete konzentrieren sich die Beiträge auf die nachhaltige...