Tekijä: | Davidson, P. |
Otsikko: | Are grains of sand in the wheels of international finance sufficient to do the job when boulders are often required? |
Lehti: | Economic Journal
1997 : MAY, VOL. 107:442, p. 671-686 |
Asiasana: | EXCHANGE RATES FINANCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TAXATION |
Kieli: | eng |
Tiivistelmä: | The effectiveness of a Tobin tax is criticised in acting as a deterrent to short-run round trip speculation of movements on exchange rates. The deterrent to short-term speculation will be negligible and probably smaller than the deterrent to real trade flows and arbitrage activities, given the usual magnitude of a proposed Tobin tax. The paper finally makes an alternative proposal for preventing currency speculations while creating incentives for full global employment. |
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