Tax deductions, tax credits and the homeownership rate of young urban adults in the United States

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1141-1161

  Bourassa, Steven C ^a   Yin, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Southern California Association of Governments   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; MORTGAGE LENDING; TAX REFORM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42249090737     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008089981     Document Type: Article

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