Overconsumption, credit rationing and bailout monetary policy: A minskyan perspective

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-270

  Charpe, Matthieu ^a   Flaschel, Peter ^b   Proaño, Christian ^c   Semmler, Willi ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Macroeconomic Policy Institute   (Germany)

^d NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Booms; Busts; Creditor of last resort; Debt default; Mortgage loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924706249     PISSN: 20527764     EISSN: 20527772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4337/ejeep.2009.02.09     Document Type: Article

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