The effectiveness of Keynes-Tobin transaction taxes when heterogeneous agents can trade in different markets: A behavioral finance approach

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-322

  Westerhoff, Frank H ^a   Dieci, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous agents; Speculative markets; Technical and fundamental analysis; Transaction tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544438106     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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