Transformational growth and the business cycle / edited by Edward J. Nell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nell, Edward J.

Series:

Studies in transformational growth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles--Case studies.

Business cycles.

Economic development--Case studies.

Economic development.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Contents:

Part I The idea of Transformational Growth 1

1 From craft to mass production: The changing character of market adjustment / Edward J. Nell 3

2 Methods and methodology in historical macroeconomics / Thorsten H. Block, Raymond C. Majewski 61

Part II Industrial history 85

3 The US economy during World War II / George Argyrous 87

4 Transformational Growth and the merger movement from 1895 to 1904: Some theoretical, empirical and historical evidence / Helge Peukert 112

Part III Studies of stylized facts 133

5 Transformational Growth and the business cycle / Edward J. Nell, Thomas F. Phillips 135

6 UK Business cycles: Stylized facts and the marginal cost/marginal productivity debate / Stephanie R. Thomas 163

7 Product wages and the elasticities of effective demand in the United States during the old and the new business cycles / Raymond Majewski 188

8 Price v. output adjustments: The changing nature of the business cycle in Germany, 1871-1989 / Thorsten H. Block 199

9 Transformational Growth in Japan / David Kucera 232

10 Argentina: Transformational Growth in the absence of the new cycle / Enrique Delamonica 254

11 Canada and Argentina: A comparison / Thomas F. Phillips 280

Part IV Implications for economic analysis 285

12 On Transformational Growth / Edward J. Nell, Steve Pressman 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-357) and index.

ISBN:

0415148553

OCLC:

36051242