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Property Tax Compliance and Reverse Mortgages: Using Nudges to Improve the Market

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  • Stephanie Moulton
  • J. Michael Collins
  • Cäzilia Loibl
  • Donald Haurin
  • Julia Brown

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This study is based on a field experiment designed to increase the salience of property tax and insurance payments among a particularly vulnerable population, older adults who took out a reverse mortgage. Homeowners who were randomly assigned to receive mailed letters reminding them about payment obligations missed subsequent payments at one-third lower rates relative to homeowners who were not assigned reminder letters. Those assigned to the reminder letter treatment were also significantly less likely to carry large default balances at the end of the study period, reducing their risk of foreclosure.

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  • Stephanie Moulton & J. Michael Collins & Cäzilia Loibl & Donald Haurin & Julia Brown, 2022. "Property Tax Compliance and Reverse Mortgages: Using Nudges to Improve the Market," National Tax Journal, University of Chicago Press, vol. 75(1), pages 33-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:nattax:doi:10.1086/717160
    DOI: 10.1086/717160
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    1. Gómez-Rámirez, Leopoldo & Sánchez, Gonzalo E., 2023. "On the need to anticipate behavioral responses to policies: the case of multiple refilings on taxpayer behavior in Ecuador," MPRA Paper 117825, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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