Based on the results of a natural experiment in Denmark, land value taxation doesn't distort economic decisions because it doesn't distort the user cost of land.

“The results imply full capitalization of the present value of future taxes under reasonable assumptions of discount rates. Consequently it gives an empirical confirmation of two striking consequences of a land tax: Firstly, it does not distort economic decisions because it does not distort the user cost of land.”

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