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Order Backlogs and Production Smoothing / Kenneth D. West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Kenneth D.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2385.
- NBER working paper series no. w2385
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1987.
- Summary:
- Empirical examination of some aggregate manufacturing data suggests that order backlogs may help explain two puzzling facts: (1) the variability of production appears to be greater than that of demand, and (2) inventories appear to be drawn down when demand is low, built up when demand is high.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 1987.
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