OPTIMAL IMMIGRATION POLICY: WHEN THE PUBLIC GOOD IS RIVAL

In this model, we characterize optimal immigration and fiscal policies in the presence of a rival public good and heterogeneous discounting. Surprisingly, even if the government is benevolent towards natives only, it is optimal to keep borders open. Indeed, in the long run, patient natives hold the...

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Volume:	62
Main Author:	BOSI, STEFANO ILIOPULOS, ELENI JAYET, HUBERT
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.12.2011 SPRINGER HEIDELBERG Japanese Economic Association Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley
published in:	Japanese economic review (Oxford, England) Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 460 - 484
ORCID:	0000-0001-6707-5638
Data of publication:	December 2011
ISSN:	1352-4739 1468-5876
EISSN:	1468-5876
Discipline:	Economics
Bibliography:	We would like to thank two anonymous referees for their constructive criticism. We acknowledge Cuong Le Van, Thomas Seegmuller, Bertrand Wigniolle and the other participants of the Group in Economic Dynamics seminar in Paris, and also Guido Cazzavillan, Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira, Frédéric Dufourt and Francesco Magris for helpful comments. All errors are our own.
Series:	The Japanese Economic Review
Subjects:	H41 J61 E32 D91 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Emigration and immigration Alien labor Emigration and immigration law Analysis Immigration policy Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences cycles,Heterogenous discounting,public good,immigration policy,cycles JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D9 - Intertemporal Choice/D.D9.D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving immigration JEL: J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers/J.J6.J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant Workers JEL: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics/E.E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles/E.E3.E32 - Business Fluctuations • Cycles [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H4 - Publicly Provided Goods/H.H4.H41 - Public Goods EQUILIBRIUM MODEL HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS immigration
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