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Money and Income: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?

James Tobin
- 01 May 1970 - 
- Vol. 84, Iss: 2, pp 301-317
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An ultra-Keyniesian model, 303 as discussed by the authors, and a Friedman model, 310, were used to compare timing implications, and they showed that timing implications are strongly correlated.
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An ultra-Keyniesian model, 303. — A Friedman model, 310. — Comparisons of timing implications, 314.

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