You can take it with you: Proposition 13 tax benefits, residential mobility, and willingness to pay for housing amenities

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 661-673

  Ferreira, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Household behavior; Housing demand; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955269472     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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