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Capital Allocation and the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

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  • Patric H. Hendershott

    (The Ohio State University and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

  • James D. Shilling

    (Louisiana State University)

Abstract

The obvious economic, although not political, solution to the overinvestment in owner-occupied housing in the 1970s would be to tax owner-occupied hous ing more heavily, thereby raising its user cost relative to that of industrial capital.

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  • Patric H. Hendershott & James D. Shilling, 1982. "Capital Allocation and the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981," Public Finance Review, , vol. 10(2), pages 242-273, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:10:y:1982:i:2:p:242-273
    DOI: 10.1177/109114218201000208
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    8. Patric H. Hendershott & David C. Ling, 1984. "Prospective Changes in Tax Law and the Value of Depreciable Real Estate," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 12(3), pages 297-317, September.
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