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1.2 Motivation 7
1.3 Objectives 8
1.4 Dissertation Structure 9
Chapter 2 Literature Review 10
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 The Theoretical Foundation of Property Tax 10
2.2.1 The Definition of Property Tax 10
2.2.2 The Classification of Property Tax Collection 12
2.3 The Situation of Property Tax in China 13
2.3.1 Specific Research on the Chinese Situation 13
2.3.2 Gaps and Limitations of Previous Chinese Research 15
2.4 Conclusion 15
Chapter 3 Methodology 16
3.1 Introduction 16
3.2 Setting 17
3.2.1 The Research Setting 17
3.2.2 Ethical Issues 17
3.3 Participants 18
3.3.1 The Sampling Technique 18
3.3.2 Refusals 18
3.4 Materials 19
3.4.1 Pilot Test 19
3.4.2 Questionnaires 19
3.4.3 Semi-structured Interviews 20
3.5 Conclusions and Limitations 21
Chapter 4 Findings and Discussion 22
4.1 Introduction 22
4.2 Findings of Questionnaires 22
4.2.1 Participants of Questionnaires 22
4.2.2 Participants’ Attitudes Towards Property Tax 23
4.2.3 The Relationship Between Relevant Knowledge and Definition of Property tax 24
4.2.4 The Comparison Between Diverse Attitudes Towards Property Tax 25
4.2.5 The Correlation Between The Number Of Houses And Tax Rate Improvement 26
4.2.6 The T-test of Citizens’ Attitudes Towards Bubbles in the Real Estate Market in China 26
4.3 Findings of Semi-structured Interviews 27
4.2.1 The Attitudes Towards the Real Estate Market and Property Tax in China 27
4.2.2 Methods and Influence on Imposing Property Tax 27
4.2.3 The Potential Problems of Imposing Property Tax 29
4.4 Discussion of the Findings 29
4.4.1 The Attitudes Towards the Real Estate Market and Property Tax in China 29
4.4.2 The Potential Problems of Imposing Property Tax 30
Chapter 5 Conclusions 31
5.1 Introduction 31
5.2 Conclusion One 31
5.3 Conclusion Two 32
5.4 Conclusion Three 32
5.5 Conclusion Four 33
5.6 Limitations of this Research 33
5.7 Recommendations for Further Research 33
References 34
Bibliography 38
Appendix I Interview Questions 39
Appendix II Questionnaire (English) 40
Appendix III Questionnaire (Chinese) 43
List of Figures and Tables
Figure 4.1 Occupations of Participants 22
Figure 4.2 The relationship between age and income 23
Figure 4.3 The potential impact of property tax collection 23
Figure 4.4 The attitude towards whether it is a favourable time to levy property tax 24
Table 4.1 The crosstabulation between relevant knowledge and definition of property tax 25
Tables 4.2 and 4.3 The Comparison between diverse attitudes towards property tax 25
Table 4.4 The correlation between the number of houses and tax rate improvement 26
Table 4.5 T-test 26
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.1.1 The Current Situation Concerning the Chinese Real Estate Market
The average rate with regard to floor space and total sales of commercial house has increased from 1998 to 2007. The shrinking economy of property market in 1998 largely resulted from the adverse impact of Chinese policy and of the global financial crisis. One of the key aspects of the
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