Financial Transactions Taxes /

Financial transactions taxes have recently gained attention as a possible means to influence the behavior of financial 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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stotsky, Janet
Other Authors: Shome, Parthasarathi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/077
Online Access:Full text available on IMF