Wage-Price Controls and the Labor Market's Response: The Nixon Controls of 1972

In recent history much of the Western World has been plagued with high rates of unemployment and high rates of inflation. These simultaneous disruptions are particularly puzzling because they are either unaffected by normal monetary and fiscal policies, or if affected many governments seem unwilling to impose the necessary restraint to solve this dilemma. As a result wage-price controls have often been suggested as a plausible policy tool.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Wilhite, Allen Ward

• Economics, General

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8203636

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70722