The economics of deflation in the euro area: A critique of fiscal austerity

Review of Keynesian Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 336-350

  Mastromatteo, Giuseppe ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Austerity; Deflation; Euro area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940768161     PISSN: 20495323     EISSN: 20495331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4337/roke.2015.03.04     Document Type: Article

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