The earned income tax credit as an instrument of housing policy

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-260

  Stegman, Michael A ^a   Davis, Walter R ^a   Quercia, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Low income housing; Tax issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044454507     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2004.9521500     Document Type: Article

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