Education, redistribution and the threat of brain drain

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Haupt, Alexander ^a   Janeba, Eckhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Credit market imperfections; Human capital; Redistribution; Time consistent policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049217606     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9054-8     Document Type: Article

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