"c           VAR 0073      08239 NET DIVD R 919-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0073         LOC  618 WIDTH  9             DK  10 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NET DIVIDEND PAYMENTS BY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS              "
"c              ------------------------------------------------              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08239                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1919-12/1941                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MONTHLY DATA FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,       "
"c              JOURNAL OF COMMERCE; ANNUAL DATA FOR 1919-1929: SIMON         "
"c              KUZNETS, NATIONAL INCOME AND ITS COMPOSITION, 1919-1938       "
"c              (NBER, 1941), VOLUME I; ANNUAL DATA FOR 1930-1941: U.S.       "
"c              DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, STATISTICS OF INCOME.                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: "NET" DATA REFER TO DIVIDEND PAYMENTS EXCLUSIVE OF     "
"c              THOSE RECEIVED BY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS.                    "
"c                   NBER COMPUTED THE DATA BY ADJUSTING JOURNAL OF COMMERCE  "
"c              MONTHLY DATA TO THE LEVEL OF KUZNETS' ANNUAL ESTIMATES AND    "
"c              THE ANNUAL DATA IN THE STATISTICS OF INCOME.  THE JOURNAL OF  "
"c              COMMERCE DATA INCLUDE UTILITIES AND SEMI-PRIVATE AND CLOSED   "
"c              CORPORATIONS BEFORE MAY 1934 AND EXCLUDE THEM FROM THAT DATE  "
"c              ONWARD. THE ANNUAL DATA COVER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS ONLY    "
"c              THROUGHOUT. THE SERIES COMPUTED IS CONSIDERED CONTINUOUS.     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "