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Some effects of transaction taxes under different microstructures

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  • Paolo Pellizzari

    () (Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Venice)

  • Frank Westerhoff

    () (Department of Economics, Bamberg - Germany)

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We show that the effectiveness of transaction taxes depends on the market microstructure. Within our model, heterogeneous traders use a blend of technical and fundamental trading strategies to determine their orders. In addition, they may become inactive if the profitability of trading decreases. We find that in a continuous double auction market the imposition of a transaction tax is not likely to stabilize financial markets since a reduction in market liquidity amplifies the average price impact of a given order. In a dealership market, however, abundant liquidity is provided by specialists, and thus a transaction tax may reduce volatility by crowding out speculative orders.

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Paper provided by Department of Applied Mathematics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia in its series Working Papers with number 190.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2009
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Keywords: Transaction tax; Tobin tax; microstructures; agent-based models; liquidity.;

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