The price level, the quantity theory of maney, and the fiscal theory of the price level

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-27

  Gordon, David B ^a   Leeper, Eric M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal policy; Fiscal theory; Monetary policy; Money demand; Price level determination; Quantity theory

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; MONETARY POLICY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33645996996     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2006.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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