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8 - Nine votes, one view and the never-ending consensus on the MPC during the great stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

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Richard Barwell
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Jagjit S. Chadha ,
Alec Crystal ,
Joe Pearlman ,
Peter Smith  and
Stephen Wright
Jagjit S. Chadha
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
Alec Crystal
Affiliation:
Cass Business School
Joe Pearlman
Affiliation:
City University London
Peter Smith
Affiliation:
University of York
Stephen Wright
Affiliation:
Birkbeck, University of London
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The UK Economy in the Long Expansion and its Aftermath , pp. 330 - 396
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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