Out of the corridor: Keynes and the crisis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 741-757

  Leijonhufvud, Axel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance sheet recession; Corridor stability; Deleveraging; Financial crisis; Financial networks; High inflation; Interest targeting; Keynes; Keynesian policy; Leverage dynamics; Minsky; Positive (adverse) feedback loops

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INFLATION; KEYNESIAN THEORY; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 67650379731     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep022     Document Type: Article

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