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Real Estate and Urban Economics

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May 2022

Federal Tax Deductions and the Demand for Local Public Goods

Brent W. AMBROSE, Maxence VALENTIN
Property taxes are the primary funding mechanism by which local governments pay for public goods. In the United States, the federal income tax system provides a subsidy to this cost by allowing taxpayers to deduct property taxes on their federal income tax returns. Using local referendum approval ra...
Keywords: Local Public Finance, Tax Deductibility, Fiscal Policy, Capitalization, TCJA
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