This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions … financial markets is incomplete and imprecise, remains. However, globally, FTT remains a commonly used tax. A cross …

We investigate the positive and normative implications of a tax on financial market transactions in a dynamic general ….S. data and find an optimal tax rate of 2.5 percent. Imposing this tax reduces trading in financial markets by 30 percent. …

, putting special focus on the introduction of such a tax on a world-wide scale. For a number of reasons, international …This study presents in detail the concept of a financial transaction tax (FTT) and the theoretical and empirical … correct various market failures. We analyse the benefits and challenges of introducing a tax on financial transactions …

markets and to reduce destabilizing capital flows. One variation is a tax on all foreign currency conversions, often termed a … “Tobin tax.” This paper suggests that these taxes would probably not produce the desired effects and would be difficult to …, without a broad international consensus and application, these taxes are likely to be easily avoided …

deleveraging and credit crunch when the bubble burst. This paper discusses the interactions between tax policy and the financial …. Finally, it examines some possible future tax options to prevent such crises. -- financial crisis ; tax policy ; taxation … ; fiscal stimulus ; financial transaction tax ; property tax …

international financial markets. In contrast, the transactions tax has got a stabilizing character when adjusting the portfolio to …In a simple portfolio choice model of two assets a foreign exchange transactions tax is implemented. We show that the … graph in the mu-sigma[square] range is still a parabola and delineate its characteristics for altering tax rates. We …