Public finance and immigration preferences: A lost connection?

Polity

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-33

  Tingley, Dustin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration policy; public finance; public opinion; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873477569     PISSN: 00323497     EISSN: 17441684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pol.2012.30     Document Type: Article

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