Local tax benefits at a distance : Japan's hometown tax donation payment
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Local tax benefits at a distance : Japan's hometown tax donation payment
(Springer briefs in economics, . Kobe University social science research series)
Springer, c2021
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book discusses the concepts, types, models, and patterns of Japan's Hometown Tax Donation Payment system, to provide a clear picture of this newly developed unique and innovative fund-raising tool used by municipalities. It also sheds light on the influences that reciprocal gifts provided by each municipality to donors have on local economies by reviewing empirical works and surveys targeting local business owners and local financial institutions. A distinguishing feature of the book is that it introduces a new social finance mechanism that is unique to the Japanese market and could provide policy implications for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as regional development. Furthermore, the book explores the efficacy of the demand-pull approach to support-strengthening SMEs, especially in rural areas. Finally, the book identifies some lessons learned from the system with a view toward advancing research on this phenomenon and making the system efficient and sustainable. As a whole, the book can provide ample benefits to novices, academics, researchers, and policymakers interested in Hometown Tax Donation Payment, an innovative social finance tool.
This is an open access book.
Table of Contents
1 Time for Regional Areas to Incorporate Management Perspectives In Pursuit of a Sustainable Society
1.1 Shifting from Regional "Administration" to "Management"
1.2 Why Is Regional Revitalization Difficult?
1.3 High-Risk Funds Previously Limited in Regions
1.4 The Emergence of New Alternative Financing Methods (Social Finance)
References
2 Time for Regional Areas to Incorporate Management Perspectives In Pursuit of a Sustainable Society
2.1 Overview of Hometown Tax Donation
2.1.1 Backdrop and History Behind the Creation of Hometown Tax Donation
2.1.2 Virtual Transfer of a Portion of Tax Between Regions
2.1.3 Dispute Between Rural Areas Receiving Benefits and Urban Areas Facing Revenue Outflow
2.1.4 "Gifts" in Hometown Tax Donation: A Core Driver of Regional Revitalization (The Focus of this Book)
2.2 Paradigm Shift in Municipal Administration: From "Administration" to "Management"
2.2.1 A Framework Where Funds Are Secured Through Excellent Marketing
2.2.2 Difficulty in Marketing, Specific to Municipalities
2.2.3 Future Investment-Uncharted Land for Municipalities
2.2.4 Who Are Municipalities' Customers in Present Times?
2.3 Institutional Issues Involved in Hometown Tax Donation: Total and Partial Optimization
2.4 Various Discussions Regarding Hometown Tax Donations
References
3 Effects of Fostering Local Businesses and Measures for Enhancing Business Capabilities: Case studies -Based on Case studies on Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers
3.1 Conventional SME Policies Centered on Subsidies and Grants
3.1.1 Current State of Local SME Policies
3.1.2 Toward Improving Management Capability Indices of Local SMEs
3.2 Structural Characteristics of Hometown Tax Donation-From the Perspective of SME Support
3.2.1 Three Structural Characteristic
3.2.2 Difference Between Subsidy Policies and Hometown Tax Donation Gifts
3.2.3 Runup (Fostering) Market: Promoting Launch of Companies and New Businesses
3.2.4 Collaborative Efforts Between Public and Private Sectors
3.2.5 Implications for SME Policies
3.3 Case Studies on Businesses That Enhanced Their Management Capabilities Through Providing Gifts
3.3.1 Case Studies on Upgraded Product Visual
3.3.2 Changes in Distribution Channels and Business Styles
3.3.3 Case Studies of New Product Development, Entry into New Businesses, and Launch of Startups
3.3.4 Impact on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
3.4 Key to Launching Local Companies or New Businesses Through Public-Private Partnerships
3.4.1 Operational Support Impacts SMEs
3.4.2 How to View Sixth Industrialization
3.4.3 Promoting Launch of Local Companies or New Businesses by Creating a Market (Demand) in Advance
3.5 Challenges in Fostering Local Businesses
References
4 With a View Toward Initiating Regional Entrepreneurship- Based on Data Analysis and Survey Research of Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers
4.1 The Need to Grasp the Current State of Hometown Tax Donation Gift Providers
4.2 Method of Survey Research on Gift Providers' Attributes and Improvement in Their Management Capabilities
4.3 Attributes of Gift Providers
4.3.1 Size of Gift Providers
4.3.2 Breakdown of Gift Providers' Revenues
4.3.3 Gift Revenue by Amount and by Ratio to Total Revenues
4.3.4 Summary of Attributes of Gift Providers
4.4 Survey Results Regarding Enhancing Management Capabilities of Gift Providers
4.4.1 Changes in Gift Providers
4.4.1.1 Changes in Business Motivation and Management Capability Indices
4.4.1.2 Initiatives Toward Developing New Products or Businesses
4.4.1.3 Effects on Expanding Sales Channels
4.4.1.4 Increase in employment, income and productivity
4.4.1.5 Changes in Business Style and Sixth Industrialization
4.4.2 Impact on Regional Investment and Lending
4.4.3 Effects from Matching Interests Between Municipalities and Businesses
4.5 Implications for and Challenges of Initiating Regional Entrepreneurship Based on Survey Research
References
5 Prospects for Regional Financial Institutions to Enhance Their Roles Through Hometown Tax Donation - Current State of Lending by Regional Financial Institutions and of Intra-regional Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration
5.1 Prospects for Regional Development Through Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration
5.2 Cases of Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration Driven by Hometown Tax Donation Gifts
5.3 Survey Research Targeting Regional Financial Institutions Regarding Industry-Government-Banking Collaboration Triggered by Hometown Tax Donation
5.3.1 Overview of Research and Attributes of Respondents
5.3.2 Regional Financial Institutions' Perception of Hometown Tax Donation
5.3.3 Perception of Hometown Tax Donation's Impact on Local Businesses and Economies
5.3.4 Stance and Current State of Lending to Gift Providers
5.4 Political Implications from This Analysis
References
6 Regarding Measures by Rural Areas to Promote Migration and Settlement and Increase Associating Populations Implications from Various Measures Triggered by Hometown Tax Donation
6.1 Sharing of People is Important Amid National Depopulation
6.2 Creating Associating and Interacting Populations Through Hometown Tax Donation
6.2.1 Encouraging Experience-Oriented Visits
6.2.2 Rural Areas Actively Approaching Donors
6.2.3 Creating Opportunities for Citizens to Participate in Machizukuri: Strengthening Local Kizuna
6.3 How to Perceive Enhancement of Migration and Settlement Measures
6.3.1 Successful Cases Are Few on a National Scale
6.3.2 Effects and Pros and Cons of Enhanced Parenting Support Measures
6.4 Demographic Analysis of Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture
6.4.1 Analysis Method
6.4.2 Trend in Population Change of Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture
6.4.3 Trend in Number of People Moving to Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture
6.4.4 Analysis of Number of People Moving from Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture
6.4.5 Summary of Analysis on Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido Prefecture
6.5 Implications for Measures by Rural Areas to Promote Migration and Settlement or Increase Associating Populations
References
7 The Role of Social Finance in Resolving Regional Issues -Recent Trends in Japanese Civic Crowdfunding-
7.1 From Municipality-initiated to Civic Engagement
7.1.1 Regional Issues That Cannot Be Dealt with as Desired
7.1.2 Democratization in Securing Budgets Within a Local Government
7.2 Distinction in Features and Usage of CF and Hometown Tax Donation
7.2.1 Difference in Restrictions of Project Owners and Tax Benefits of Funders
7.2.2 Effects on Project Owners
7.3 Civic Crowdfunding
7.4 Recent Trends in Japanese CCF Using Hometown Tax Donation
7.4.1 Overview of Japanese CCF
7.4.2 The Current Status of Japanese CCF
7.4.3 Using Japanese CCF for Disaster Relief
7.5 Collaboration with Private Companies Using Japanese CCF
7.5.1 Projects That Succeeded by Creating a Consortium
7.5.2 A Framework Where Local Issue Awareness and Active Individuals and Companies Back Up Municipalities
7.6 Effects of Japanese CCF on Machizukuri
7.7 Potential Issues of Japanese CCF
7.7.1 Possibility That Unappealing Projects Have Higher Local Demands
7.7.2 Regional Issues vs. Social Issues
7.7.3 Pros and Cons of Municipal Involvement
7.8 Japanese CCF Implemented Through a Regular CF Platform
7.9 Summary: Toward Further Advancement of Japanese CCF
References
8 Implications for Regional Development Drawn from the Hometown Tax Donation System --Aiming to Produce Regional Entrepreneurship--
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