Rethinking wage policy in the face of the Euro crisis. Implications of the wage-led demand regime

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-203

  Stockhammer, Engelbert ^a   Onaran, Özlem ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euro crisis; European integration; Keynesian economics; wage policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; KEYNESIAN THEORY; WAGE;

EID: 84858270760     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2011.631903     Document Type: Article

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