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Tax morale is defined an intrinsic motivation of paying taxes, and it is closely related to tax compliance. It is essential to search determinants of tax morale for a comprehensive understanding of tax compliance . In this paper, determinants of tax morale in BosniaHerzegovina are searched. Tax morale is an ordered categorical dependent variable. Therefore, ordered probit model is estimated to derive the relations between tax morale and relevant variables. The magnitudes of estimated coefficients are not interpreted; their signs are taken into account since ordered probit model refers to a nonlinear equation. The marginal effects are computed to determine the effect of each variable on tax morale. Marginal effect indicates the change in the probability of specific tax morale category when an independent variable changes by one unit. The indicators related to demographic features (gender, age, marital status), employment status (self employed, retired, student etc.), economic status (income levels) and social capital (religiosity, confidence in government, confidence in justice system, confidence in parliament, education levels etc.) are the independent variables used in the model. The effects of these variables on tax morale are analyzed . For this aim, a relevant dataset obtained from European Values Study (EVS) database is used in estimating the model. EVS is a survey researching socio-cultural and political changes in Europe. The question related to tax morale in the survey is classified as the dependent variable of the model. The findings from the estimated model suggest that some of the social capital variables, demographic factors and income level have important effects on tax morale

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