Property taxes, mobility, and home ownership

Article Abstract:

The impact of alternative property taxes on household mobility, economic efficiency and horizontal equity is investigated. A simple theoretical model is employed to extract expressions for the maximum time per dwelling under a conventional property tax, an acquisition-value property tax and a transfer tax. Results show that a shift from a conventional property tax to an acquisition-value property tax has an affect on household mobility, the possibility of home ownership and jurisdictional choice. Such a switch results in lowered household mobility and better likelihood of home ownership among non-freqent movers, at the expense of frequent movers. Unlike the conventional property tax, which has current market value as its basis, the acquisition-value property tax uses the property's market value at the time of purchase. As for the transfer tax, it is found to be less efficient and less equitable than the acquisition-value property tax.

Research, Transfer taxes, Property taxes, Property tax, Residential mobility, Home ownership

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Gentrification and crime

Article Abstract:

A case study of gentrification - displacement of low-income by high-income families - in Portland, Oregon is undertaken. A model demonstrates competition for interior city land by the two income groups and depicts changes in racial and income structures including changes in crime rates.

Oregon, Administration of Housing Programs, Housing Rehabilitation Programs, Housing rehabilitation, Low income housing

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Stolen gun control

Article Abstract:

Guns stolen from law-abiding households are considered to be an important source of guns for criminals. The externalities in the gun market can be internalized, by providing a simple refundable deposit for guns.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Management dynamics, Legal/Government Regulation, Small arms, Small arms ammunition, Analysis, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Firearms industry, Firearms industry and trade, Company business management, Crime prevention

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