Journal article
HOW SALIENCE AND FRAMING ALTER THE BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
Public finance and management, Vol.20(2), pp.112-149
03/22/2021
Abstract
New York State's School Tax Relief Program, STAR, provides state-funded exemptions from school property taxes. From 2006-07 to 2008-09, these exemptions were supplemented with rebate checks. This paper asks whether these two algebraically equivalent but administratively distinct policies led to different behavioral responses. We estimate STAR's impact on the price elasticity of demand for school quality. This elasticity is larger when the tax relief is most salient and when it is framed as a property tax reduction instead of as unlabeled income.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- HOW SALIENCE AND FRAMING ALTER THE BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
- Creators
- Phuong Nguyen-HoangJohn Yinger
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public finance and management, Vol.20(2), pp.112-149
- Publisher
- Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc
- ISSN
- 1523-9721
- eISSN
- 1523-9721
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/22/2021
- Description audience
- Academic
- Academic Unit
- School of Planning and Public Affairs; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984269234402771
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