Lessons from the 1930s Great Depression

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-317

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a   Fearon, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking crisis; Fiscal multiplier; Gold standard; Great Depression

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; GREAT DEPRESSION; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149473867     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq030     Document Type: Article

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