Tax-driven Bunching of Housing Market Transactions : The Case of Hong Kong
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 473-501 |
| Journal / Publication | International Real Estate Review |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2015 |
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Abstract
We study the implications of a property market transaction tax. As property buyers are obligated to pay a transaction tax (“stamp duty” or SD) where the rate increases with the value of the transaction, there are incentives to trade at the cutoff points of the tax schedule or just below them. Thus, both “bunching in transactions” and “underpricing” should be observed near those cutoffs. Furthermore, the bunching points should change with the tax schedule. We confirm these conjectures with a rich dataset from the Hong Kong housing market and provide a measure of tax avoidance.
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- Bunching, Change in Nonlinear Tax Schedule, Housing Market, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion, Underpricing
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Tax-driven Bunching of Housing Market Transactions : The Case of Hong Kong. / Leung, Charles Ka Yui; Leung, Tin Cheuk; Tsang, Kwok Ping.
In: International Real Estate Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, 01.12.2015, p. 473-501.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
