Remaking macroeconomic policy after the global financial crisis: A balance-sheet approach

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-552

  Adam, Christopher ^a   Vines, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finance; Fiscal policy; Global financial crisis; International policy coordination; Macroeconomic interdependence; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMF; INTEREST RATE; KEYNESIAN THEORY; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 77953672171     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq014     Document Type: Article

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