We propose a theory of free movement of goods and labor between two economies in the presence of moral hazard. Each country produces two final goods where the productive efforts of workers cannot be perfectly observed, or verified only in the complex industry. We show that national institutional...

We propose a theory of free movement of goods and labor between two economies in the presence of moral hazard. Each country produces two final goods where the productive efforts of workers cannot be perfectly observed, or verified only in the complex industry. We show that national institutional...

This dissertation consists of three theoretical essays on immigration, international trade and political economy. The first two essays analyze the political economy of immigration in developed countries. The third essay explores new ground on the effects of labor liberalization in developing...

This paper develops a political-economic analysis of immigration in a developed country that operates in a direct democracy regime. It shows that, in a monopolistic competitive environment with differentiated capital intensive commodities produced under increasing returns to scale, labor...

This paper proposes a theory of free movement of goods and labor between two large economies with imperfect labor contracts. Each country is incompletely specialized in producing two final goods that differ in their complexity of production. The most complex good is produced by workers and...