What drives U.S. immigration policy? Evidence from congressional roll call votes

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 734-743

  Facchini, Giovanni ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Steinhardt, Max Friedrich ^d,h  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano   (Italy)

^e CESIFO   (Germany)

^f CReAM   (United Kingdom)

^g IZA   (Germany)

^h Hamburg Institute of International Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immigration policy; Political economy; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955032430     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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