Why Money Matters: A Fourth Natural Experiment

Open Economies Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Lothian, James R ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Great depression; Macroeconomics; Monetary policy; Money; Recent recession

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; GREAT DEPRESSION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

ANNA;

EID: 79953025039     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-010-9185-x     Document Type: Article

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