President Eisenhower, Economic Policy, and the 1960 Presidential Election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4881259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Mari May (0000-0002-8717-0381, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 417-427 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700036536 |
| OpenAlex | W2111278880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article examines economic policy in the Eisenhower years and the president's role in the 1960 election. I measure the impact of changes in fiscal policy on real GNP and show that policy in 1959 was unusually contractionary and cannot be dismissed as merely evidence of Eisenhower's fiscal conservatism
Conservatism · Economic policy · Economics · Fiscal policy · Keynesian economics · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2015 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |