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Tax, credit constraints, and the big costs of small inflation

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This paper develops a heterogeneous‐agent overlapping generations model that examines how the neutrality of the tax system with respect to inflation depends on the price elasticity of the housing supply. The model, which endogenises house prices and rents, and which incorporates detailed tax regulations and bank‐imposed credit constraints, shows (a) inflation has large effects on the tenure arrangements of young households irrespective of the housing supply elasticity; and (b) inflation can improve the welfare of some low income young households if the supply is sufficiently elastic. The welfare costs of inflation are reduced by taxing real rather than nominal interest.

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  • Andrew Coleman, 2019. "Tax, credit constraints, and the big costs of small inflation," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(2), pages 130-149, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausecp:v:58:y:2019:i:2:p:130-149
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8454.12145
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