United States then, Europe now. Summary of a lecture given by Thomas J. Sargent, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Banque de France, 1 March 2012

Marija Vukotic ()

Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, 2012, issue 25, 85-88

Abstract: On 1st March of 2012, the Banque de France hosted Professor Thomas J. Sargent, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2011, to give a lecture. In this lecture, Professor Sargent compared institutional and political choices made by the United States in 1780 and 1840 and those currently faced by the euro area.

Keywords: Fiscal federation; economic history of the United States. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H7 N4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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