Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/208491 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Working paper No. 16-2004
Publisher: 
Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Department of Economics, Frederiksberg
Abstract: 
Recent years have seen large swings in house prices in many countries. Motivated by housing price variations, proposals for taxing capital gains on housing have repeatedly been put forth. The idea seems to be that such taxes would curb the redistribution occurring between those owning houses and those trying to get into the market for owner-occupied housing. Our paper shows that at least in simple settings, a tax on real capital gains on housing will only lead to even bigger price swings and will not be able to redistribute between people appearing on either side of the housing market.
Subjects: 
capital gains tax
housing market
price fluctuations
JEL: 
H23
H24
R31
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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