Nobel lecture: United States then, Europe now

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-40

  Sargent, Thomas J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; DEBT CRISIS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FISCAL REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859741615     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665415     Document Type: Article

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