Facchini, Giovanni; Testa, Cecilia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Despite restrictive migration policies, large numbers of undocumented migrants reside in many destination countries. If … with uncertainty on the migrants' supply, where an elected official can either have preferences congruent with the median … voter, or prefer a larger number of migrants. We show that, if the incumbent prefers more migrants than the median, he might …