The return of Keynesian economics: A contribution in the spirit of John Cornwall's work

Review of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-533

  Fontana, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

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EID: 77958471653     PISSN: 09538259     EISSN: 14653982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09538259.2010.510314     Document Type: Article

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