Implications of financial transaction costs on the real economy: A note
This note studies the influence of a financial transaction tax and transaction costs on the optimal production and hedging strategies of a duopoly. Firms are exposed to demand uncertainty that leads to price risk and can hedge their risk exposure on a forward market. However, the forward position is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Finance and Management, Warsaw; Vistula University
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Contemporary Economics |
| Online Access: | http://ce.vizja.pl/en/download-pdf/id/337 |
| Summary: | This note studies the influence of a financial transaction tax and transaction costs on the optimal production and hedging strategies of a duopoly. Firms are exposed to demand uncertainty that leads to price risk and can hedge their risk exposure on a forward market. However, the forward position is subject to transaction costs. We investigate two settings: first, we explore the Cournot duopoly with a simultaneous hedging opportunity; second, we analyze the case with a sequential forward market. We show that in both settings transaction costs lead to a less competitive market and that prices increase as the producers limit their output. |
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| ISSN: | 2084-0845 |