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The Market for Deadbeats

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  • Brinig, Margaret F
  • Buckley, F H

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This article outlines three explanations for why states seek migrants and test them by reference to 1985-90 interstate migration flows. On race-for-the-top theories, states compete for value-increasing migrants by offering them healthy economies and efficient laws. On vote-seeking theories, states compete for clienteles of voters, with some states seeking to attract and some to deter welfare- or tax-loving migrants. On deadbeat theories, states compete for high human capital debtors by offering them a fresh start from out-of-state creditors. Our findings support vote-seeking and deadbeat theories. Copyright 1996 by the University of Chicago.

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  • Brinig, Margaret F & Buckley, F H, 1996. "The Market for Deadbeats," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 25(1), pages 201-232, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlstud:v:25:y:1996:i:1:p:201-32
    DOI: 10.1086/467976
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