Financial transaction tax: Feasible and desirable if done right

Financial transaction tax: Feasible and desirable if done right: Avinash Persaud, 30 September 2011

The ‘Tobin tax’ has once again appeared in the headlines having been proposed by the European Commission and opposed by the US. This column argues that such taxes are more feasible than most think when they are linked to legal enforceability, and that the burden would be disproportionately borne by high-frequency traders that provide liquidity only when the markets don’t really need it.

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