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Taxing Financial Transactions is a Bad IdeaBruce BartlettIndependent December 19, 2011 Tax Notes, Vol. 133, No. 12, 2011 Abstract: There have been a number of proposals lately to impose a new tax on securities or financial transactions, both as a revenue measure and a way of disciplining Wall Street speculation. This article argues that such a tax would be a bad idea and that it makes more sense to tax financial activities rather than transactions.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 3 Keywords: financial transactions tax, securities transactions tax, Tobin tax JEL Classification: H20, K34 working papers seriesDate posted: December 20, 2011Suggested CitationContact Information
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