A real interest rate rule for monetary policy?

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-118

  Smithin, John ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endogenous money; Monetary policy; New consensus; Post Keynesian theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547529857     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477300105     Document Type: Review

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