Measuring Business Cycles

Burns, Arthur F. and Wesley C. Mitchell

Published in 1946 by NBER
in NBER Book Series Studies in Business Cycles

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0590 pages
ISBN: 0-870-14085-X

Table of Contents

Preface, tables of content, front matter: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. -27 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Working Plans : Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 1 - 22) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Preliminary Sketch of the Statistical Analysis: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 23 - 36) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Plan of Treating Secular, Seasonal and Random Movements: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 37 - 55) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Dating Specific and Business Cycles: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 56 - 114) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. The Basic Measures of Cyclical Behavior: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 115 - 202) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Effects of the Time Unit on Cyclical Measures: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 203 - 269) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Effects of Trend Adjustments on Cyclical Measures: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 270 - 309) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Effects of Smoothing on Cyclical Measures: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 310 - 369) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Role of Averages in the Analysis: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 370 - 389) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Secular and Discontinuous Changes in Cyclical Behavior: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 390 - 423) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Cyclical Changes in Cyclical Behavior: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 424 - 471) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Stable and Irregular Features of Cyclical Behavior: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 472 - 514) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. Appendix A: Division of Reference Cycles into Stages: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 515 - 522) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Appendix B: Some Supporting Data: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 523 - 545) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Appendix C: Source of Data: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 546 - 556) (bibliographic info) (download)

Index: Arthur F. Burns, Wesley C. Mitchell (p. 557 - 566) (bibliographic info) (download)

 

 
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