Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
43 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2009
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Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
Abstract
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.
Keywords: patriotism, international mobility, taxation, redistribution, fiscal competition
JEL Classification: H20, H73
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