| Description |
xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue / James Tobin -- Overview / Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Mahbub ul Haq -- 1. Taxing International Financial Transactions to Enhance the Operation of the International Monetary System / Barry Eichengreen and Charles Wyplosz -- 2. How Well Do Markets Work: Might a Tobin Tax Help? / Jeffrey Frankel -- 3. The Tobin Tax: Good Theory, Weak Evidence, Questionable Policy / Michael P. Dooley -- 4. The Feasibility of Taxing Foreign Exchange Transactions / Peter B. Kenen -- 5. Issues of Enforcement and Evasion in a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions / Peter M. Garber -- 6. Institutional Arrangements for a Tax on International Currency Transactions / Stephany Griffith-Jones -- 7. Managing Capital Inflows in Latin America / Manuel R. Agosin and Ricardo Ffrench-Davis -- 8. The Republic of Korea's Experience with Managing Foreign Capital Flows / Yung Chul Park -- 9. On the Revenue Potential and Phasing in of the Tobin Tax / David Felix and Ranjit Sau |
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10. Potential Uses of the Revenue from a Tobin Tax / Inge Kaul and John Langmore -- The Tobin Tax: What Have We Learned? / Barry Eichengreen |
| Summary |
This guide to coping with financial volatility should be of interest to academics and economists with interest in finance and international development |
| Analysis |
Foreign exchange Rates (Taxation) |
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Foreign exchange markets |
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Futures markets |
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International cooperation |
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International monetary relations |
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International taxation |
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Overseas item |
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Tobin tax |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p307-308. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tobin, James, 1918-2002.
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Commodity exchanges.
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Foreign exchange futures -- Taxation.
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Foreign exchange futures.
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Foreign exchange rates.
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International cooperation.
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International finance.
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Taxation.
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| Author |
Grunberg, Isabelle.
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Kaul, Inge.
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| LC no. |
96017533 |
| ISBN |
019511180X (cloth) |
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0195111818 (paper) |
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