Should short-term speculators be taxed, or subsidised?

Annals of Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-348

  Gümbel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investment efficiency; Liquidity; Securities transaction tax; Short termism; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844450627     PISSN: 16142446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10436-004-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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