Who cares about mortgage interest deductibility?

We use the US Survey of Consumer Finances to measure the change in federal tax liability that would result should mortgage interest no longer be deductible from taxable income. We argue that the elimination of this housing tax provision would lead households to reshuffle their balance sheet, thereby...

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Main Authors: Gervais, Martin (Author), Pandey, Manish (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008-03.
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