Decentralization and Local Finance in the Czech Republic: With an Update on the Property Tax

Abstract

The Czech public sector pursuit of decentralization to achieve local self-government ( samospráva ) or local autonomy has probably been the greatest challenge of the country’s post-communist development. The EU considered the achievement sufficient to justify membership under criteria demanding democracy and market economics of member countries. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.