Housing appreciation (depreciation) and owners' welfare

被引:2
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作者
Lai, Fu-Chuan [3 ]
McDonald, John F. [4 ]
Merriman, David F. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Inst Govt & Publ Affairs, Dept Publ Adm, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Inst Govt & Publ Affairs, Dept Econ, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[3] Acad Sinica, Res Ctr Humanities & Social Sci, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
[4] Roosevelt Univ, Gerald W Fogelson Distinguished Chair Real Estate, Chicago, IL 60603 USA
关键词
Housing; Property taxes; Moving costs;
D O I
10.1016/j.jhe.2009.10.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper extends Frank's (2006) very simple model to analyze the welfare effects of appreciation and depreciation in a world with borrowing, property taxes, and moving costs. It is shown that appreciation can make homeowners worse off but that even when there is a property tax depreciation can not make homeowners who intend to stay in their house worse off. Our model provides a simple framework that can be used discuss the rationale for alternative policies to aid homeowners during periods of both appreciation and depreciation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:66 / 73
页数:8
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