On the importance of public choice in migration models

Economics Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-379

  Goodspeed, Timothy J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

D7; H2; H77; Mobility; Optimal tax systems; Public choice; Single crossing condition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CIVIL RIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; POLITICAL FACTORS; POLITICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOTING RIGHTS; WORLD;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICAL FACTORS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; VOTING RIGHTS; WORLD;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CIVIL RIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032217149     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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