The financial crisis has opened up a global debate on the taxation of the financial sector. A number of international … financial crisis and whether taxation can play a role in the reform efforts under way to establish a sounder and safer financial … financing, special taxes on the financial sector and financial transactions taxes …

This paper analyses the relations between the banking system fluctuations, on one hand, and taxation and public … such as government spending, taxes, and primary surplus. Effects in the opposite direction are much smaller. Results are …