Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146382 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IES Working Paper No. 26/2015
Publisher: 
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Prague
Abstract: 
We explore possible effects of a Tobin tax on exchange rate dynamics in a heterogeneous agent model. To assess the impact of the Tobin tax in this framework, we extend the model of De Grauwe and Grimaldi (2006) by including transaction costs and perform numerical simulations. Motivated by the importance of the market microstructure, we choose to model the market as being cleared by a Walrasian auctioneer. This setting could more closely resemble the two-layered structure of foreign exchanges at daily frequency than a price impact function, which is often adopted in similar studies. We find that the Tobin tax can deliver a moderate reduction of return volatility and kurtosis. In addition, simulations indicate that the Tobin tax reduces the degree of mispricing in the time series, which is primarily achieved by eliminating long-lasting deviations from the fundamental value.
Subjects: 
Tobin tax
foreign exchange market
agent based modeling
Walrasian auctioneer
JEL: 
C63
D84
F31
G18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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