Transaction tax and stock market behavior: evidence from an emerging market Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This study examines the impact of a stamp tax rate increase on market behavior, using data from two stock exchanges in China. We find that when the tax rate increases from 0.3 to 0.5% (which implies that the transaction cost increases by about 1/3) trading volume decreases by 1/3. This implies an elasticity of turnover with respect to a stamp tax of -50% and an elasticity of turnover with respect to transaction cost of -100%. The markets' volatility significantly increases after the increase in the tax rate. Furthermore, the change in the volatility structure indicates that the markets become less efficient in the sense that shocks are less quickly assimilated in the markets. Springer-Verlag 2006.

published proceedings

  • EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS

altmetric score

  • 12

author list (cited authors)

  • Baltagi, B. H., Li, D., & Li, Q. i.

citation count

  • 78

complete list of authors

  • Baltagi, Badi H||Li, Dong||Li, Qi

publication date

  • June 2006