Do Financial Transaction Taxes Encourage or Discourage Speculation? | Ideas of India @MercatusCenter
Do Financial Transaction Taxes Encourage or Discourage Speculation? | Ideas of India @MercatusCenter
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Do financial transaction taxes create a tension between raising revenue and limiting speculation? Shruti Rajagopalan speaks with India’s Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran about how these taxes shape market behavior. They explore whether policy can discourage excessive speculation while preserving the core role of financial markets in managing risk.

Full transcript: mercatus.org/ideasofindia/v-anantha-nageswaran-surveying-growth-and-financialization-indian-economy

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