Do people respond to tax incentives? An analysis of the Italian reform of the deductibility of home mortgage interests

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-271

  Jappelli, Tullio ^a,b,c   Pistaferri, Luigi ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CSEF   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SIEPR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Household debt; Mortgage market; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

INTEREST RATE; MORTGAGE LENDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAX INCENTIVE; TAX REFORM;

EID: 33846289634     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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