Explainer: Supply constraints do not explain house price and quantity growth
By Cameron Murray and Tim Helm This article was originally published on Fresh Economic Thinking. Posted here with permission. A recent working paper by Schuyler Louie, John A. Mondragon, and Johannes Wieland has been making waves in urban economics circles....
Infrastructure Victoria: Draft 30-year infrastructure strategy submission
Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft strategy. Prosper Australia is an economic think tank working in the Georgist tradition, with a long history of research into property taxation. We wish to raise one major point: the draft strategy lacks...
Buying better income taxes with better land taxes
How to cut taxes for Australia’s highest-taxed workers Tim Helm, Director of Research and Policy, Prosper Australia Prosper’s first report for 2024, released in March, highlighted the potential for significant income tax reform through even a modest shift towards...
Report: 100,000 vacant homes in Melbourne
2024 Speculative Vacancies report release shows 5.2% of Melbourne’s homes lie vacant. Prosper Australia’s 11th Speculative Vacancy report, examining water meter data, today revealed startling statistics on the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne that illustrate...Republish this article
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