Irving Fisher's debt-deflation theory: Its relevance to current conditions

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-333

  Wolfson, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEBT-DEFLATION THEORY; ECONOMIC DEPRESSION; FISHER,I.; INDEBTEDNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030448206     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013618     Document Type: Article

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