Do increased taxes incentivize the rich to move?
Credit: Mushtaq Hussain from Pexels In response to increased tax rates, high-income earners often threaten to leave the location of their tax base. But do they actually follow through? A new article in the American Journal of Sociology, “Taxing the Rich: How Incentives and Embeddedness Shape Millionaire Tax Flight,” examines how increased tax rates incentivize
Becki Geddes
August 29, 2025