Eliminating or curtailing mortgage interest deduction would have modest long-run effects on economy

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 16:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Eliminating or curtailing the mortgage interest deduction (MID) would initially result in declines in housing prices and investment but would have only modest aggregate macroeconomic effects in the long run, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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