Can property taxes reduce house price volatility? : evidence from U.S. regions / prepared by Tigran Poghosyan.
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TextSeries: IMF working paper ; WP/16/216.Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (26 pages) : color illustrationsContent type: - text
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"November 2016."
At head of title: International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).
We use a novel dataset on effective property tax rates in U.S. states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) over the 2005-2014 period to analyze the relationship between property tax rates and house price volatility. We find that property tax rates have a negative impact on house price volatility. The impact is causal, with increases in property tax rates leading to a reduction in house price volatility. The results are robust to different measures of house price volatility, estimation methodologies, and additional controls for housing demand and supply. The outcomes of the analysis have important policy implications and suggest that property taxation could be used as an important tool to dampen house price volatility.
Online resource; title from pdf title page (IMF.org Web site, viewed November 29, 2016).
Cover; Contents; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Framework; III. Data and Descriptive Statistics; A. Data; B. Descriptive Statistics; IV. Empirical Analysis; A. Baseline Specification; B. Instrumental Variables; C. Difference-in-Difference Regressions; V. Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Variables and Data Sources; 2. Descriptive Statistics; 3. Baseline Regressions; 4. Instrumental Variable Regressions; 5. Dynamic Panel GMM Regressions; 6. Difference-in-Difference Regressions: Geographical Supply Restrictions Index.
7. Difference-in-Difference Regressions: Regulatory Restrictions IndexFigures; 1. Graphical Illustration: Demand Shock and House Prices; 2. The Impact of Exogenous Demand Shock on House Prices; 3. House Prices and Property Tax Rates; 4. Volatility of House Prices; 5. House Price Volatility and Property Tax; 6. The Impact of Property Taxes on House Price Volatility.
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