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  • The goods and services tax and mortgage costs of Australian building societies

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    Author(s)
    Liu, Benjamin
    Huang, Allen
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Huang, Allen R.
    Liu, Benjamin
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Australia has experienced significant rises in mortgage costs and sharp declines in housing affordability since it implemented a new tax system of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July 2000. Prior research has attempted to examine the influence of the GST on general price levels, but little research effort has been directed to investigate the impact of the GST on mortgage costs. Using proprietary data of major building societies in Australia for 36 months, this paper examines the changes of mortgage yield spreads in the pre- and post- GST periods for building societies. Results suggest that the lenders significantly ...
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    Australia has experienced significant rises in mortgage costs and sharp declines in housing affordability since it implemented a new tax system of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July 2000. Prior research has attempted to examine the influence of the GST on general price levels, but little research effort has been directed to investigate the impact of the GST on mortgage costs. Using proprietary data of major building societies in Australia for 36 months, this paper examines the changes of mortgage yield spreads in the pre- and post- GST periods for building societies. Results suggest that the lenders significantly increased their mortgage charges in the post-GST periods. For example, the increase is found to be, on average, 45.4 basis points. The paper also documents that the rise in mortgage yield spreads is not a one-off impact. The findings are consistent with Huang and Liu (2009) on Australian banks.
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    Journal Title
    European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences
    Volume
    2010
    Issue
    25
    Publisher URI
    http://www.eurojournals.com/ejefas_25_11.pdf
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Finance
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35706
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