Includes bibliographical references and index.

Property tax : a situation analysis and overview / Harry Kitchen -- Value-based approaches to property taxation / Ri©±l Franzsen and William J. McCluskey -- The politics of the property tax / Enid Slack -- Administration of local taxes : an international review of practices and issues for enhancing fiscal autonomy / John L. Mikesell -- Establishing a tax rate / Kurt Zorn -- Property Tax Collection and Enforcement / Roy Kelly -- The tax everyone loves to hate : principles of property tax reform / Jay K. Rosengard -- Legal Issues in Property Tax Administration / Frances Plimmer -- Tax criteria : the design and policy advantages of a property tax / Gary C. Cornia -- Estimating property tax revenue potential / Lawrence C. Walters -- Taxing public leasehold land in transition countries / Yu-Hung Hong -- Property tax and informal property : the challenge of third world cities / Martim Smolka and Claudia M. De Cesare -- Non-market value and hybrid approaches to property taxation / William J. McCluskey and Ri©±l Franzsen -- Computer assisted mass appraisal and the property tax / William J. McCluskey, Peadar Davis, Michael McCord, David McIlhatton and Martin Haran -- Geographic information systems and the importance of location : integrating property and place for better informed decision making / David McIlhatton, Michael McCord, Peadar Davis and Martin Haran.