Welfare Effects of Property Taxation

Sebastian Siegloch and Löffler, Max
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No 15927, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We analyze the welfare implications of property taxation. Using a sufficient statistics approach, we show that the tax incidence depends on how housing prices, labor and other types of incomes as well as public services respond to property tax changes. Empirically, we exploit the German institutional setting with 5,200 municipal tax reforms for identification. We find that higher taxes are fully passed on to rental prices after three years. The pass-through is lower when housing supply is inelastic. Combining reduced form estimates with our theoretical framework, we simulate the welfare effects of property taxes and show that they are regressive.

Keywords: Property taxation; Welfare; Tax incidence; Local labor markets; Rental housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H22 H41 H71 R13 R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-geo, nep-pbe and nep-ure
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