Interest rates, distribution and capital accumulation - A post-Kaleckian perspective on the US and Germany

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-723

  Hein, Eckhard ^a   Schoder, Christian ^b  

^a BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (Germany)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

capital accumulation; demand; distribution; interest rate; Kaleckian model

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INCOME; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; MODELING;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858602684     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2011.557054     Document Type: Article

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