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The Quality and Economic Significance of Anticipations Data
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Published Date
January 1960
Copyright
1960
ISBN
0-87014-301-8
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Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents
Front matter to "The Quality and Economic Significance of Anticipations Data"
Author(s):
Introduction to "The Quality and Economic Significance of Anticipations Data"
Author(s):
Albert Gailord Hart
,
Franco Modigliani
&
Guy Orcutt
(p. 3-8)
Chapter 1:
Forecasting Requirements from the Business Standpoint
Author(s):
Charles Holt
(p. 9-28)
Chapter 2:
Forecasting in Its Relation to Government Policy-Making
Author(s):
Henri Theil
(p. 29-52)
Chapter 3:
Changes in Consumer Expectations and their Origin
Author(s):
George Katona
(p. 53-90)
Chapter 4:
The Formation of Business Expectations about Operating Variables
Author(s):
Millard Hastay
(p. 91-148)
Chapter 5:
Consumer Attitudes: Their Influence and Forecasting Value
Author(s):
Eva Mueller
(p. 149-180)
Chapter 6:
The Railroad Shippers' Forecasts and the Illinois Employers' Labor Force Anticipations: A Study in Comparative Expectations
Author(s):
Robert Ferber
(p. 181-204)
Chapter 7:
Quantitative Evidence for the Interwar Period on the Course of Business Expectations: A Revaluation of the Railroad Shippers' Forecast
Author(s):
Albert G. Hart
(p. 205-238)
Chapter 8:
The Source of Regressiveness in Surveys of Businessmen's Short-Run Expectations
Author(s):
John Bossons
&
Franco Modigliani
(p. 239-262)
Chapter 9:
The Predictive Value of Consumers Union Spending-Intentions Data
Author(s):
Thomas Juster
(p. 263-298)
Chapter 10:
The National Industrial Conference Board Survey of Capital Appropriations
Author(s):
Morris Cohen
(p. 299-324)
Chapter 11:
Forward Investment Commitments of Life Insurance Companies
Author(s):
James J. O'Leary
(p. 325-350)
Chapter 12:
Capital Expenditures Forecasts by Individual Firms
Author(s):
Robert Levine
(p. 351-368)
Chapter 13:
Observations on the Predictive Quality of Mcgraw-Hill Surveys of Business' Plans for New Plants and Equipment
Author(s):
Dexter Keezer
&
Robert Ulin
(p. 369-386)
Chapter 14:
The Structure and Realization of Business Investment Anticipations
Author(s):
Murray Foss
&
Vito Natrella
(p. 387-406)
Chapter 15:
The Value of Anticipations Data in Forecasting National Product
Author(s):
Arthur Okun
(p. 407-460)
Author Index
Author(s):
(p. 461-462)
Subject Index
Author(s):
(p. 463-468)
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