National Immigration Quotas and Local Economic Growth

National Security and Immigration

This paper considers the relationship between economic factors and national security. While considering a broad number of issue areas, the principal theme of the course is the way in which economic factors (as immigration) fundamentally influence the national security of the region, and the way in which those factors shape and constrain the strategies chosen to pursue that security. South-South...

National Security and Economic Growth

D uring the past few decades, national security plays a central role in the process of economic development. Also, foreign investment and trade have rapidly increased worldwide and have enhanced economic growth in developing countries. Although foreign investment and trade bring huge economic benefits, many developing countries fear that by opening up markets to competition and forei...

Immigration Policy and Economic Growth

Economic Theory and Local Content Quotas for Television

It's not common for those involved in the practical and creative world of film and television production to become involved in the arcane world of economic theory. Partly this is because of the dense jargon involved, and partly because the relevance is rarely apparent. Earlier this year, a remarkable document was published attacking SPADA's proposed quota model and hiding behind a torrent of ec...

A political economy model of immigration quotas

The paper examines amodel inwhich the number of immigrants allowed into a country is the outcome of a costly political lobbying contest between a firm and a union. The union and the firm bargain over the wage of natives after the number of immigrants that will be permitted is known. I assume that the lobbying contest is an all-pay auction (i.e., the lobbyist with the higher effort wins with cer...