Long-term supply-side implications of the Great Depression

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-580

  Hannah, Leslie ^a   Temin, Peter ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Depression; Education; Productivity; Regulation; Tariffs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GREAT DEPRESSION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; PROTECTIONISM; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149476242     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq019     Document Type: Article

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