Income taxes, sorting and the costs of housing evidence from municipalboundaries in Switzerland Christoph Basten, Maximilian von Ehlich and Andrea Lassmann
By: Basten, Christoph
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Contributor(s): Ehrlich, Maximilian | Lassmann, Andrea.
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ArticlePublisher: 2017Subject(s): VIVIENDA | ARRENDAMIENTO | ARRENDAMIENTO URBANO | RENTA | IMPUESTOS | ELASTICIDAD IMPOSITIVA | HACIENDAS LOCALES | SUIZA
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The economic journal v. 127, n. 601, May 2017, p. 653-687Summary: We provide novel evidence on the role of income taxes for housing rents and spatial sorting. Drawing on comprehensive micro-level data, we estimate the responsiveness of households to tax differentials across municipal boundaries. Correcting for unobservable location characteristics and isolating the residential sorting component, we identify an income tax elasticity of rents of about
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We provide novel evidence on the role of income taxes for housing rents and spatial sorting. Drawing on comprehensive micro-level data, we estimate the responsiveness of households to tax differentials across municipal boundaries. Correcting for unobservable location characteristics and isolating the residential sorting component, we identify an income tax elasticity of rents of about
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