Cyclical patterns of employment, utilization, and profitability

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-57

  Zipperer, Ben ^a   Skott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregate demand; business cycles; growth; income distribution; instability; investment function; pricing; utilization rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255166931     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477340102     Document Type: Article

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