Local Tax Benefits at a Distance : : Japan's Hometown Tax Donation Payment.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Economics Series
• Author: Hoda, Takaaki.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dasher, Richard B.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (111 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Acknowledgment
• Introduction
• Contents
• About the Authors
• 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)
• Reference
• 2 Overview of Hometown Tax Donation and the Challenge It Poses to Municipal Administration-Paradigm Shift in Municipal Administration: Incorporating Management Perspectives
• 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
• Reference
• 3 Effects of Fostering Local Businesses and Measures for Enhancing Business Capabilities: -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 Characteristics
• 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
• 4.4.2 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 Versus 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.