Can Tax Policy Help to Prevent Financial Crisis?

Thomas Hemmelgarn and Gaëtan Nicodème

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Abstract: The financial crisis has raised the question as to whether additional taxes on the financial sector would be advisable. This chapter offers an overview of the economics of a financial transaction tax and of a financial activities tax and describes countries' experiences with these taxes.

Keywords: Banks; Financial activities tax; Financial crisis; Financial sector; Financial transaction tax; Tax policy; Taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05
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