Patriotism, taxation and international mobility

Arbeitspapier

For patriotic citizens, living in their native country is intrinsically preferable compared to living in the diaspora. In this paper, we analyze the implications of such a patriotic lock-in in a world with international migration and redistributive taxation. In a formal model of redistribution with international migration and fiscal competition we derive the main hypothesis: that countries with a more patriotic population should have higher redistributive taxes. Using ISSP survey data and combining them with OECD taxation data, we find robust evidence suggesting that a) higher patriotism is associated with higher tax burdens, and b) this relation is stronger for the upper-middle range of the income distribution.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4120

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
• Subject: Patriotism ; international mobility ; taxation ; redistribution ; fiscal competition ; Ethnopsychologie ; Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein ; Internationale Wanderung ; Steuersystem ; Steuerwirkung ; Einkommensumverteilung ; OECD-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Qari, Salmai ; Konrad, Kai A. ; Geys, Benny
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35697
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090513177
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET