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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790437903321

Autore

Buckley Kenneth A. H

Titolo

Capital formation in Canada, 1896-1930 / / Kenneth Buckley ; with an introduction by M.C. Urquhart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : McClelland and Stewart, , 1974

ISBN

1-283-53047-3

9786613842923

0-7735-8112-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations, charts

Collana

Carleton library ; ; no. 77

Disciplina

332/.0415/0971

Soggetti

Saving and investment - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.), London School of Economics and Political Science, 1950. Cf. Introd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Investment in the Wheat Economy -- Investment in Transportation -- Urban Building -- Public Investment -- Savings and Capital Flows -- The Volume of Construction, 1896 to 1930 -- Investment in Machinery and Equipment -- Investment in Inventories -- Balance of International Payments, Current Transactions -- Transportation, Housing, and Direct Government Investment and Indexes of Building and Real Estate Activity -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Through capital formation, the changes of the era are analysed: for instance, the boom in the wheat economy, the growth of the railways and the expansion of cities.