Gains from trade versus gains from migration: What makes them so different?

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-170

  Hammond, Peter J ^a   Sempere, Jaume ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 76349125660     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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