Explaining European unemployment: Testing the NAIRU hypothesis and a Keynesian approach

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-23

  Stockhammer, Engelbert ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Keynesian theory; Labor market flexibility; NAIRU; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KEYNESIAN THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1142268813     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217032000148618     Document Type: Article

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