Policy Library
For those of you hungry for a bit more detail we have brought together the following bibliography. It includes the latest groundbreaking reports from the European Commission and IMF outlining how the financial sector can and should pay more. Technical arguments, rates and revenue estimates and feasibility are dealt with by academic heavy-weights such as Stiglitz. Our own campaign research shows how dozens of FTTs are already in existence around the world and we go right back to 1978 when James Tobin first published his seminal paper on a currency transaction tax.
The Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes
PDF FileCenter for Economic and Policy Research: Washington DC, USA
Raising Revenue: A Review of Financial Transaction Taxes Throughout the World
PDF FileJust Economics: London
On the Feasibility of a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions
PDF FileFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development: Bonn
Globalizing Solidarity : The Case for Financial Levies
PDF FileThe Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development.
Financial Sector Taxes
PDF FileIPPR: London
The Effect of the Global Financial Crisis on Emerging and Developing Economies
PDF FileThe Institute for Public Policy Research: London
Financial Sector Taxation
PDF FileCommunication from the European Commission: Brussels
A Fair and Substantial Contribution by the Financial Sector – Final Report for the G20
PDF FileInternational Monetary Fund: Washington
The Tobin Tax – A Review of the Evidence
Institute of Development Studies
Securities Transaction Taxes for U.S. Financial Markets
PDF FileEastern Economic Journal 29/4: pp.527-58
