It is high time to ditch the NAIRU

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-554

  Storm, Servaas ^a   Naastepad, C W M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand led growth; Endogenous technological progress; Equilibrium unemployment; Kaldor Verdoorn relation; NAIRU

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547820209     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477290401     Document Type: Article

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