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The Mortgage Interest Deduction and its Impact on Homeownership Decisions
Hilber, Christian A. L.; Turner, Tracy M. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 3, pp. 618-637
homeownership attainment, using data from 1984 to 2007 and exploiting variation in the subsidy arising from changes in the MID … on homeownership. We find that the MID boosts homeownership attainment only of higher-income households in less tightly … homeownership and improve social welfare. © 2014 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of …
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Housing Demand in Brazil: Evidence from the Formal and Informal Sectors
Piza, Caio; Litchfield, Julie; Balderrama, Fernando - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper describes the determinants of housing demand in Brazil, with the intention of informing policy aimed at reducing the housing deficit and increasing home ownership. As price elasticity for renters is slightly higher, public policies that aim to influence the price of dwellings and/or...
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North...
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Drivers of Homeownership Rates in Selected OECD Countries
Andrews, Dan; Sánchez, Aida Caldera - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Homeownership rates have increased significantly in many OECD countries over recent decades. Using micro … homeownership rates remains unexplained by shifts in household characteristics, leaving a potential role for public policy in … explaining developments in homeownership rates. Panel estimates suggest that the relaxation of down-payment constraints on …
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Wohnungsmarkt und Städteplan in der DDR : Anfangslage - Probleme - Konzepte
Zimmermann, Joachim - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 43 (1990) 15, pp. 09-21
Der Verfasser befaßt sich mit dem Stand der quantitativen und qualitativen Wohnraumversorgung, sowie der Stadtentwicklung in der DDR. Er stellt fest, daß die DDR mit nur 5% Wohnungen die nach 1945 errichtet wurden über die älteste Bausubstanz aller Industrieländer verfügt. Durch verfehlte...
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Wohneigentum privater Haushalte: EU-Schlusslicht Deutschland
Hinrichs, Wilhelm - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2010), pp. 114-127
innerhalb der EU-27 die wenigsten Haushalte mit selbst genutztem Wohneigentum aufweist. Anhand der Entwicklung seit den 50er …
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Zwischen Wohnungsnot und Leerstand – Wohnungsmarktinterventionen als Aufgabe für die Politik?
Rips, Franz-Georg - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 1, pp. 54-62
This text deals with the topic of housing shortage vs. residential vacancy – housing market intervention as a task of politics? At the beginning there will be some basic assertions on the relation of market vs. state, especially bearing in mind, the overall importance and social responsibility...
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Asymmetrien in der Wohnungspolitik reduzieren
Just, Tobias - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 1, pp. 63-73
There are four major challenges for housing policy in the near and midterm future: First, rents in many German conurbations have been rising significantly faster than incomes over the last five years. Though it can rightly be argued, that the suggested policies of the new German federal...
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Disparate Entwicklung der Wohnungsmärkte fordert die Politik
Arentz, Oliver - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 1, pp. 42-53
The regional differences in the housing markets are enormous and will continue to exacerbate in the future. The main task for the housing policy is to take appropriate long term measures depending on the market structure. A central aspect of future housing policy is the site development....
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Immobilienverzehrprodukte: Potenzielle Profiteure und Nachfragehemmnisse
Maier, Andreas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2010
In der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Literatur wird das ökonomische Potenzial von Immobilienverzehrprodukten vielseitig diskutiert. Obwohl diesen Produkten aus wohlfahrts-theoretischen Gesichtspunkten eine hohe Bedeutung beigemessen wird, zeigt die empirische Evidenz, dass die Nachfrage weit...
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