Seasonal Homes and Local Property Tax

Lester Hadsell and Chad Colarusso

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2009, vol. 68, issue 2, pages 581-602

Abstract: This study examines the growth of seasonal (i.e., second or vacation) homes and their impact on local property tax rates using evidence from towns and villages in New York State between 1990 and 2000. We find that a greater concentration of seasonal homes in a municipality is associated with a lower effective property tax rate in towns, and a higher rate in small and rural villages. An alternative measure of tax burden, property taxes as a percentage of median household income, is not related to the presence of seasonal homes in towns but is positively related in small and rural villages. Our findings for towns contradict the findings of an earlier study by Fritz (1982) that found that an increase in town property allocated to vacation homes was significantly associated with an increasing property tax rate, although our findings for villages supports his findings. Copyright © 2009 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc..

Date: 2009

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