Securities Transaction Taxes: Macroeconomic Implications in a General-Equilibrium Model

Rafal Raciborski, Julia Lendvai and Lukas Vogel

No 450, European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015 from Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission

Abstract: The paper studies the impact of a securities transaction tax (STT) on financial trading, stock prices and real economic variables in a closed-economy dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model featuring financial frictions. The model incorporates channels by which 'noise trading' affects real economic volatility. Firms' investment expenditure is related to the value of their outstanding shares. The model is calibrated to stylised facts of financial trading and firms' financing. The simulations suggest distortive effects of the STT on real variables similar to those of corporate income taxation. At the same time, the STT reduces economic volatility, but this stabilisation gain is quantitatively modest.

JEL-codes: E22 E44 E62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2012-03
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