Risk preference,immigration policy and illegal immigration |
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Authors: | Alan D. Woodland Chisato Yoshida |
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Affiliation: | 1. Econometrics and Business Statistics, School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia;2. Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
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Abstract: | The paper analyzes the effects of government policy upon illegal immigration. The model used as a vehicle for this analysis is an extension of Ethier's one-small-country model of illegal immigration to a two-country context. We distinguish between the cases of capital immobility and free capital mobility, and consider illegal immigration when there are border patrols by the government and when there are internal enforcement procedures in effect. Unlike previous researchers who have assumed risk neutrality, we examine the impacts of government policy when prospective illegal immigrants exhibit risk averse and risk loving behavior. The relaxation of the risk neutrality assumption leads to the possibility of multiple and unstable equilibria. Moreover, attitudes to risk and the probability of detection are shown to have implications for some equilibrium responses to tighter surveillance. |
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Keywords: | F21 F22 |
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