Arbeitspapier

Financial transaction taxes, market composition, and liquidity

We use the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in France in 2012 to test competing theories on its impact. We find no support for the idea that an FTT improves market quality by affecting the composition of trading volume. Instead, our results are in line with the hypothesis that a lower trading volume reduces liquidity, and thereby market quality. Consistent with theories of asset pricing under transaction costs, we document a shift in security holdings from short-term to long-term investors. Finally, our findings show that moderate aggregate effects on market quality can mask large adjustments made by individual agents.

ISBN
978-92-899-2752-9
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 2030

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
financial transaction tax
institutional trading
liquidity
high-frequency trading

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Colliard, Jean-Edouard
Hoffmann, Peter
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2017

DOI
doi:10.2866/820552
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Colliard, Jean-Edouard
  • Hoffmann, Peter
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Time of origin

  • 2017

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