Baardwijk, Marjolein van; Franses, Philip Hans - In: Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting (2012) 26, pp. 27-28
Women’s hemlines are falling to ankle length this year. Could this mean that another recession is in the works? Not at all, say the authors; rather, the legend that hemlines are a lead indicator of the economy is apparently backwards. Hemlines, in fact, appear to lag behind economic activity...