Financial transaction tax, liquidity, and informational efficiency: Evidence from Italy

Autor: Valentina Galvani, Matthew Ackman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Heliyon, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp e06416- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06416
Popis: This study investigates whether the liquidity of medium-sized and large caps has been differently affected by the Italian Financial Transaction Tax, among the firms subject to the tax. We evaluate changes in mean and median bid-ask spreads and Amihud (2002) liquidity for aggregate market indexes and at the firm level. After the implementation of the tax, spreads have widened more for medium- than for large-caps, whereas the Amihud liquidity measure remained unaltered for the vast majority of the firms.
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