Debating the Tobin tax
Subtitle: new rules for global finance
By: [editors, James Weaver, Randall Dodd, Jamie Baker].
Contributors: Weaver, James H.; Dodd, Randall.; Baker, Jamie.; New Rules for Global Finance Coalition.
Publisher: New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Tobin, James, 1918-; Foreign exchange futures -- Taxation -- Congresses.; Globalization -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"The New Rules for Global Finance Coalition organized a conference in January 2003 ... this book is a collection of the conference papers and presentations plus two primers"--Cover p.[4].
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Table of contents: title: Introduction / James Weaver; title: The economic case for the Tobin tax / Thomas I. Palley; title: Lessons for Tobin tax advocates : the politics of policy and the economics of market micro-structure / Randall Dodd; title: How can a currency transaction tax stabilize foreign exchange markets? / Bruno Jetin; title: Securities transactions taxes and financial markets / Karl Habermeier and Andrei Kirilenko -- Currency transaction taxes : a brief assessment of opportunities and limitations / Ilene Grabel -- Tobin taxes : are they enforceable? / Dean Baker -- Overcoming the Tobin tax's implementation problems : tax cross-border capital flows, not currency exchanges / Howell H. Zee -- Applying a securities transactions tax to the US : design issues, market impact, revenue estimates / Robert Pollin -- Understanding the silence amid turmoil : the Tobin tax and East Asia / Young-Chul Kim -- Where do we go from here? / Jo Marie Griesgraber.