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Tax Subsidy of Home Ownership*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Peter T. Ittig
Peter T. Ittig
Affiliation:
College of Management, University of Massachusetts
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Abstract

This paper considers the tax treatment of homes as investments and as consumer goods in light of current and conventional arguments that home-ownership is subsidized through the tax structure. Unconventional comparisons of tax effects with particular reference to the USA are presented which call into question the conventional view.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 103 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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