Migration and Trade

World Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-241

  Egger, Peter H ^a   Von Ehrlich, Maximilian ^a   Nelson, Douglas R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 84857163940     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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