We model the joint process for real per capita U.S. federal government spending and tax revenues as a Threshold Vector Error Correction. We find evidence that fiscal authorities will intervene to reduce real per capita deficit only when it reaches a certain threshold. We also find that fiscal...

"This volume focuses on current issues of debate in the area of modern macroeconomics and money, written from (a broadly interpreted) post Keynesian perspective. The papers connect with Philip Arestis' contributions to macroeconomics and money, and pay tribute to his distinguished...