The Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes

Dean Baker, Robert Pollin, Travis McArthur and Matt Sherman

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Abstract: This joint report by CEPR and the Political Economy Research Institute (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) gives an estimate of $177-354 billion in revenue that could be raised by taxing financial transactions in the United States.

Keywords: financial taxes; financial transactions; economic crisis; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G G1 G18 G2 G24 G28 G3 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3 pages
Date: 2009-12
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