Is there a cultural component in tax morale? Evidence from immigrants in Europe

Yiannis Kountouris, Kyriaki Remoundou

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Abstract

In this paper we examine the existence of a cultural component in individual tax morale. To identify the effect of culture we use immigrant data drawn from the European Social Survey. We find that culture is a significant determinant of tax morale: the level of tax morale in the country of immigrant origin influences individual tax morale in the destination country. The result is robust to the inclusion of a wide set of individual and aggregate controls and persists across different population segments.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)104–119
JournalJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume96
Early online date30 Sept 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Tax morale
  • Culture
  • Europe
  • Immigrants

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