Animal spirits and monetary policy

Economic Theory

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 423-457

  de Grauwe, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal spirits; Behavioral macroeconomics; Heuristics; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955911268     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-010-0543-0     Document Type: Article

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