Business Cycle Theory as a Basis for Economic Policy

This book offers a sample of different theoretical approaches to business cycles, examining their respective views on economic policy with the objective of understanding business cycles that have been lost, and identifying those views which explain fluctuations and the way we conceive economic policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Pascal Bridel is Professor of Economics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has published in various fields including the history of economic thought and monetary theory.

Muriel Dal Pont is Professor of Economics at the University Nice, France. She has published in various fields including the history of economic thought.