Speculation and Tobin Taxes: Why Sand in the Wheels Can Increase Economic Efficiency

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-126

  Palley, Thomas I ^a  

^a AFL CIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamentals investors; Noise traders; Speculation; Tobin taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346405353     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01232416     Document Type: Article

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