Assessment of a Financial Transaction Tax in the Canadian Context

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dc.contributor.advisorMintz, Jack
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Tasha
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-30T18:32:35Z
dc.date.available2016-09-30T18:32:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the potential implementation of a federally levied Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in the Canadian context. First, examples of how financial transaction taxes have worked historically, as well as how they may work in a future Canadian context are discussed. This is followed by a brief overview of the tax's history. The tax is then evaluated on a theoretical level. Hypothetically the tax should correct for market failure caused by excessive speculation and price volatility. It is shown using various models that the tax may correct for volatility- however, empirical evidence does not offer the same conclusion. Some empirical studies actually show an increase in volatility. Optimal taxation theory finds that the optimal tax rate depends on a number of factors. The most important of which is the composition of trader types. The tax may result in significant economic distortions. These distortions could include; intertemporal distortion, locking-in effect, inter-asset effect, and industry distortion. The tax may also negatively affect household savings, resulting in decreased aggregate consumption and consequently a reduction in GDP. Revenue projections are favorable, but vary depending on a number of factors, elasticity of market volume to transaction costs being amongst the most important. International examples of countries having levied a FTT are given and the data for revenue generated as a percentage of GDP allows for the hypothesis that revenue estimates may be considerably overvalued.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationTaylor, Tasha. (2014). Assessment of a Financial Transaction Tax in the Canadian Context ( Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51652
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentThe School of Public Policyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Graduate Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.titleAssessment of a Financial Transaction Tax in the Canadian Contexten_US
dc.typereporten_US
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