Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80349 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1868
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We investigate the effects of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in an order-driven artificial financial market. FTTs are meant to limit short-term speculative behavior by reducing the amount of excess liquidity in the system. To quantify these effects, adjustments in trading strategies and their effects on liquidity need to be taken into account. We model an agent-based continuous double-auction, allowing for a continuum of investment strategies within the chartist/fundamentalist framework. For certain parameter combinations, our model is able to reproduce certain stylized facts of financial time-series. We find largely positive effects of the FTT for small tax rates. Additionally, for large tax rates we find the effects not to be as negative as previously found.
Subjects: 
Transaction Tax
Tobin Tax
Market Microstructure
Agent-Based Models
Speculative Bubbles
JEL: 
H20
C63
D44
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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