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Financial-transaction tax: small is beautiful. Bruegel Policy Contribution 2010/02, February 2010

Darvas, Zsolt and Von Weizsacker, Jakob. (2010) Financial-transaction tax: small is beautiful. Bruegel Policy Contribution 2010/02, February 2010. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Based on their contribution to the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, in this Policy Contribution Resident Fellows Zsolt Darvas and Jakob von Weizsäcker discuss the merits of the much-discussed financial-transaction tax. They argue that the case for taxing financial transactions for the sake of not raising revenue is relatively weak, but a financial-transaction tax could be useful in limiting socially-undesirable transactions. On this basis, they say, a very small, coordinated tax on financial transactions could be implemented successfully.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > tax policy
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Bruegel (Brussels) > Policy Contributions
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2010
    Page Range: p. 14
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 18:23
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12885

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