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- Title
Measuring Housing Subsidies: Distortionary and Distributional Effects in the Netherlands.
- Authors
Rele, Harry Ter; Van Steen, Guido
- Abstract
This paper measures the distortionary and distributional effects of housing subsidies in the Netherlands. Its broad scope allows us to discuss the results in the light of the main justifications for subsidising housing, i.e. the merit-good argument, external effects and the distribution motive. Our measurements reveal some patterns of subsidisation that seem difficult to justify on these grounds. This applies especially to the differences between subsidisation of rental and owner-occupied housing and between mortgage- and equity-financed ownership. Moreover. the inelastic supply of housing in the Netherlands entails that subsidisation has only a limited effect on promoting housing quality.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; DOMESTIC economic assistance; HOUSING subsidies; HOUSING finance; RENT subsidies
- Publication
Fiscal Studies, 2003, Vol 24, Issue 3, p317
- ISSN
0143-5671
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-5890.2003.tb00086.x