British monetary and fiscal policy in the 1930s

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-441

  Middleton, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiscal consolidation; Fiscal policy; Great Depression; Keynesian policies; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FISCAL POLICY; GREAT DEPRESSION; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR;

EID: 78149484233     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq024     Document Type: Article

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