Competing explanations of the Minsky moment: The financial instability hypothesis in light of Austrian theory

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-221

  Prychitko, David L ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian economics; Business cycles; Crisis; Financial instability; Hyman Minsky; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957152770     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-009-0097-1     Document Type: Article

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