Who gets a swiss passport? A natural experiment in immigrant discrimination

American Political Science Review

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-187

  Hainmueller, Jens ^a   Hangartner, Dominik ^b,c  

^a Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Political Science   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84874492422     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000494     Document Type: Article

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