Comment on Steven C. Bourassa and william G. Grigsby's "income tax concessions for owner-occupied housing"

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 561-573

  Vandell, Kerry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041036457     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2000.9521379     Document Type: Review

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