Arbeitspapier

Patriotism, taxation and international mobility

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4120

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

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Qari, Salmai
Konrad, Kai A.
Geys, Benny
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090513177
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Qari, Salmai
  • Konrad, Kai A.
  • Geys, Benny
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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