In reaction to the recent financial crisis, increased attention has recently been given to
financial transaction taxes (FTTs) as a means of (1) raising revenue for a variety of possible …

The debate about the Tobin tax, and other financial transaction taxes (FTTs), gives rise to
strong views both for and against. Unfortunately, little of the popular debate refers to the now …

We explore issues related to a financial transaction tax (FTT) in the United States. We trace
the history and current practice of the tax in the United States and other countries, review …

This report responds to the request of the G-20 leaders for the IMF to:“... prepare a report for
our next meeting [June 2010] with regard to the range of options countries have adopted or …

This paper studies the effects of the introduction of the French financial transaction tax in
August 2012. With the tax, the French government aims to generate revenues for financing …

We combine a simple agent-based model of financial markets and a New Keynesian
macroeconomic model with bounded rationality via two straightforward channels. The result …

We analyze the long-run imbalances of finance-dominated capitalism underlying the present
crisis, which began in 2007, with a focus on developments in the United States and …

Recently, the issue of inequality has regained attention in the economic and political debate.
This is due to both an increase in income inequality, in particular among rich countries, and …

This study discusses the challenges that economic policy-makers in Europe have to cope
with, in order to ensure an economically prosperous and institutionally stable community of …

Arresting human-induced climate change requires global action to reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions sharply. To have a 50 per cent chance of kee** the global mean …