Industrial restructuring, financial instability, and the dynamics of the postwar U.S. economy / / David J. Carrier
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Carrier David J.
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| Titolo: |
Industrial restructuring, financial instability, and the dynamics of the postwar U.S. economy / / David J. Carrier
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.973092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Business cycles - United States - Econometric models |
| Gross domestic product - United States - Econometric models | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic conditions 1945- Econometric models |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published in 1997. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; I. What Did Economists Learn from the Great Depression?; Wesley Clair Mitchell; Geoffrey Moore; Jan Tinbergen; Robert A. Gordon; Victor Zarnowitz; Howard Sherman; II. How Chaos Killed the Auctioneer; Macroeconomic chaos; Theoretical implications of chaos; Chaos and the future of modeling; III. Macroeconomic Effects of Industrial Restructuring; Methodology and source data; Returns to factors of production |
| Intermediate and final demandProductivity and unit labor costs; Returns to capital; Employment and earnings; Conclusions; IV. Consumption Patterns and the Multiplier; Consumer credit and the propensity to consume; Consumption multipliers by income type; Consumption multipliers by industry; V. Finance, Investment, and the Business Cycle; Data and measurement; Mainstream investment theory; Financial institutions; Firms; The Federal Reserve; Endogenous money and credit; Minsky's investment theory; VI. An Empirical Model of Investment and Finance; Linear vs. nonlinear estimation | |
| The model and explanatory variablesInvestment model specification; Linear estimates; Nonlinear estimates; VII. A Multiplier-Accelerator Simulation Model; Derivation of stability conditions; Historical stability conditions; Simulations of factors affecting stability; Conclusions; Appendix; I. Data sources and compatibility; II. The input-output transactions table; III. Aggregation of input-output industries; IV. Data values for figures 2.1-2.12; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume, originally published in 1997, examines the combined effect of financial instability and industrial restructuring on postwar economic growth and recession in the US. It sheds light on the fundamental question of whether or not these trends are positive for the economy as a whole. To explain the cyclical nature of investment and finance, institutional theory regarding financial instability is examined in depth and related to Minsky's analysis of investment behaviour. The author has created an empirical model of this behaviour which, he claims, accurately predicts historical consumpt |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Industrial restructuring, financial instability, and the dynamics of the postwar U.S. economy |
| ISBN: | 1-138-86070-0 |
| 1-315-71636-4 | |
| 1-317-50677-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463623603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge Library Editions: Business Cycles