In the wake of the recent financial crisis, several commentators have suggested a transaction tax on financial markets. The potential consequences of such a tax could be hazardous to the financial markets affected as well as to the economy. In this paper, we review the relevant theoretical and...

In this paper, a multiple transactions model with a panel data approach is used to estimate housing market indices. The multiple transactions model keeps the same features of the repeat transactions index model (i.e., tracking the price appreciation of same houses). However, the multiple...

This study examines the order aggressiveness and trading patience of foreign institutional traders, futures proprietary firm traders, individual day and non-day traders in the Taiwan index futures market. We consider order choice given a completely transparent limit order book. Our empirical...