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Using an artificial financial market for assessing the impact of Tobin-like transaction taxes
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Abstract The Tobin tax is a solution proposed by many economists for limiting the speculation in foreign exchange and stock markets and for making these markets stabler. In this paper we present a study on the effects of a transaction tax on one and on two related markets, using an artificial financial marke... view more
The Tobin tax is a solution proposed by many economists for limiting the speculation in foreign exchange and stock markets and for making these markets stabler. In this paper we present a study on the effects of a transaction tax on one and on two related markets, using an artificial financial market based on heterogeneous agents. The microstructure of the market is composed of four kinds of traders: random traders, fundamentalists, momentum traders and contrarians, and the resources allocated to them are limited. In each market it is possible to levy a transaction tax. In the case of two markets, each trader can choose in which market to trade, and an attraction function is defined that drives their choice based on perceived profitability. We performed extensive simulations and found that the tax actually increases volatility and decreases trading volumes. These findings are discussed in the paper.... view less
Classification
Political Economy
Public Finance
Free Keywords
D53; G18
Document language
Latin
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 445-462
Journal
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 67 (2008) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.011
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)