Voting about immigration policy: What does the Swiss experience tell us?

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 628-641

  Miguet, Florence ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards immigrants; Hypothetical bias; Immigration policy; Political economy; Vote

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449099333     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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