Should Speculators Be Taxed?
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Business
- Vol. 73 (1) , 89-107
- https://doi.org/10.1086/209633
Abstract
A number of economists have supported the taxation of speculation in financial markets. We examine the welfare economics of such a tax in a model of a financial...Keywords
All Related Versions
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Speculative securitiesEconomic Theory, 1999
- Transaction Taxes and Financial Market EquilibriumThe Journal of Business, 1998
- Insider Trading without NormalityThe Review of Economic Studies, 1994
- Securities Transaction Taxes: An Overview of Costs, Benefits and Unresolved QuestionsCFA Magazine, 1993
- Transaction taxes and the behavior of the Swedish stock marketJournal of Financial Economics, 1993
- Informed Speculation and Hedging in a Noncompetitive Securities MarketThe Review of Financial Studies, 1992
- When financial markets work too well: A cautious case for a securities transactions taxJournal of Financial Services Research, 1989
- Using tax policy to curb speculative short-term tradingJournal of Financial Services Research, 1989
- Continuous Auctions and Insider TradingEconometrica, 1985
- The economics of hedging and spreading in futures marketsJournal of Futures Markets, 1981