Taxing the brain drain: A reassessment of the Bhagwati proposal

Trade, Globalization and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 254-262

  Wilson, John Douglas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051931440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932926     Document Type: Chapter

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