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The U.S. business cycle, 1867-1995: dynamic factor analysis vs. reconstructed national accounts
Ritschl, Albrecht; Sarferaz, Samad; Uebele, Martin - 2008
This paper presents insights on U.S. business cycle volatility since 1867 de- rived from diffusion indices. We employ a … volatility across World War I, which is reversed after World War II. While we can generate evidence of postwar moderation … for World War II where they support alternative estimates of Kuznets (1952). -- U.S. business cycle ; volatility ; dynamic …
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The US bsiness cycle, 1867 - 1995 : dynamic factor analysis vs. reconstructed national accounts
Ritschl, Albrecht; Sarferaz, Samad; Uebele, Martin - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942580
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Essays on business cycle analysis and demography
Sarferaz, Samad - 2009
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Banking and Financial Crises in United States History : What Guidance can History Offer Policymakers?
Tallman, Ellis W. - 2010
This paper assesses the validity of comparisons between the current financial crisis and past crises in the United States. We highlight aspects of two National Banking Era crises (the Panic of 1873 and the Panic of 1907) that are relevant for comparison with the Panic of 2008. In 1873,...
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Not What it Used to Be : The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volumes II and III
Field, Alexander J. - 2009
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Interbank Networks and the Interregional Transmission of Financial Crises : Evidence from the Panic of 1907
Jaremski, Matthew S.; Wheelock, David C. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper provides quantitative evidence on interbank transmission of financial distress in the Panic of 1907 and ensuing recession. Originating in New York City, the panic led to payment suspensions and emergency currency issuance in many cities. Data on the universe of interbank connections...
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Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? : electrical power as a case study
Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea; Solomou, Solomos - 2014
economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA …
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Estimation of Historical Inflation Expectations
Binder, Carola - 2016
Expected inflation is a central variable in economic theory. Economic historians have estimated historical inflation expectations for a variety of purposes, including studies of the Fisher effect, the debt deflation hypothesis, central bank credibility, and expectations formation. I survey the...
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The Economic History of Canada
Geloso, Vincent - 2021
Canada is one of the richest countries in the world today. It stands above most countries in the Americas. It is also noticeably poorer than its American neighbour in spite of considerable geographic similarities. These two facts were true as early as the 17th century. Why? An understanding of...
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Business History > Piketty
Wright, Robert E. - 2015
Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century has attracted more attention than it perhaps deserves given that its main empirical claim, that wealth inequality is bound to occur in "capitalist" economies because the rate of return r is greater than the rate of economic growth g (r g), is not rigorously...
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