Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78370 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 268
Publisher: 
Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
The Tobin tax is in high demand for many groups. Despite its popularity, research has not yet made full use of available insights from the recent microstructure literature. The role of banks in foreign exchange trading is quite different from what proponents usually assume. The most probable decisive group for shorter-term exchange rate movements is asset managers. They speculate under comparatively longer horizons than FX dealers although they also tend to behave short-termist. There is no tax rate that could influence their behavior and at the same time keep the desired high liquidity. Thus no uniform proportional Tobin tax can reach its goals.
Subjects: 
Tobin tax
market microstructure
JEL: 
F31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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