Inventories and the business cycle : with special reference to Canada /

This study falls into two parts. Part I contains a theoretical analysis of the relation of inventories and inventory fluctuations to the business cycle. It begins with a brief survey of the treatment of inventories in the literature of business cycles. Then a theoretical model of the economic system...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barber, Clarence L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, 1958.
Series:Canadian studies in economics ; 10.
Subjects:
Inventories.
Inventories > Canada.
Inventaires.
Inventaires > Canada.
inventories.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Manufacturing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Inventories
Canada
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Illustrations
  • Chapter One. The Economic Role of Inventories
  • Chapter Two. The Treatment of Inventories in Business Cycle Theory
  • Chapter Three. Inventory Fluctuations in a Simple Model of the Economic System
  • Chapter Four. A Second Model
  • Chapter Five. The Effects of Inventory Fluctuations on Different Commodities and Stages of Production
  • Chapter Six. The Relation of Price Changes to Cyclical Fluctuations in Inventories
  • Chapter Seven. Expenditure on Consumers' Services and Inventory Fluctuations
  • Chapter Eight. Investment Expenditures, the Government. The Savings Schedule, and Inventory Fluctuations
  • Chapter Nine. Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter Ten. Inventory Fluctuations in Ten Manufacturing Industries, 1918 to 1950
  • Chapter Eleven. Inventory Fluctuations in the Canadian Economy
  • Chapter Twelve. Conclusion
  • Statistical Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index

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