TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Qari, Salmai
AU  - Konrad, Kai A.
AU  - Geys, Benny
        TI  - Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility
        PY  - 2009/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4120
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4120
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - redistribution
KW  - taxation
KW  - international mobility
KW  - patriotism
KW  - fiscal competition
        ER  -