A political economy model of immigration quotas

Economics of Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-267

  Amegashie, J Atsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

All pay auction; Contests; Immigration quotas; Lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744304936     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-004-0078-6     Document Type: Review

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