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The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors

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The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors. / Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin Peter et al.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2017. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Bracco, E, De Paola, M, Green, CP & Scoppa, V 2017 'The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors' Economics Working Paper Series, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Bracco, E., De Paola, M., Green, C. P., & Scoppa, V. (2017). The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors. (Economics Working Paper Series). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Bracco E, De Paola M, Green CP, Scoppa V. The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2017 Mar. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Bracco, Emanuele ; De Paola, Maria ; Green, Colin Peter et al. / The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2017. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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