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Measuring Business Cycles
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
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Published Date
January 1946
Copyright
1946
ISBN
0-87014-085-X
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Series
: Studies in Business Cycles
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Table of Contents
Preface, tables of content, front matter
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
Chapter 1:
Working Plans
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 3-22)
Chapter 2:
Preliminary Sketch of the Statistical Analysis
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 23-36)
Chapter 3:
Plan of Treating Secular, Seasonal and Random Movements
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 37-55)
Chapter 4:
Dating Specific and Business Cycles
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 56-114)
Chapter 5:
The Basic Measures of Cyclical Behavior
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 115-202)
Chapter 6:
Effects of the Time Unit on Cyclical Measures
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 203-269)
Chapter 7:
Effects of Trend Adjustments on Cyclical Measures
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 270-309)
Chapter 8:
Effects of Smoothing on Cyclical Measures
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 310-369)
Chapter 9:
Role of Averages in the Analysis
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 370-383)
Chapter 10:
Secular and Discontinuous Changes in Cyclical Behavior
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 384-417)
Chapter 11:
Cyclical Changes in Cyclical Behavior
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 418-465)
Chapter 12:
Stable and Irregular Features of Cyclical Behavior
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 466-508)
Appendix A: Division of Reference Cycles into Stages
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 509-516)
Appendix B: Some Supporting Data
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 517-539)
Appendix C: Source of Data
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 540-550)
Index
Author(s):
Arthur F. Burns
&
Wesley C. Mitchell
(p. 551-560)
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