Speculative investors and transactions tax: Evidence from the housing market

Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3254-3270

  Fu, Yuming ^a   Qian, Wenlan ^b   Yeung, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Asian Economics Research   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Housing market; Informed traders; Noise traders; Speculators; Transaction tax; Volatility

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; TAXATION;

HOUSING MARKETS; INFORMED TRADERS; NOISE TRADERS; SPECULATORS; TRANSACTION TAX; VOLATILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84994854356     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2015.2268     Document Type: Article

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