Monetary and fiscal theories of the price level: The irreconcilable differences

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 565-583

  McCallum, Bennett T ^a   Nelson, Edward ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INTEREST RATE; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 33646231788     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri032     Document Type: Review

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