"c VAR 0097 09016 CONSTPR 1A 916-940 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0097 LOC 834 WIDTH 9 DK 14 COL 17-25 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c CORPORATE NET EARNINGS, CONSTRUCTION " "c ------------------------------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 09016 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1916-1940 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, STATISTICS OF INCOME, " "c 1916 AND SUCCEEDING ISSUES. " "c " "c NOTES: 1936-1940 DATA WERE COMPUTED FROM DATA IN STATISTICS " "c OF INCOME. THE FIGURE FOR 1938 GIVEN HERE IS ADJUSTED TO " "c CONFORM TO THE 1937 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION. THE FIGURES " "c FOR 1939 AND 1940 HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO CONFORM TO THE 1938 " "c STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION. THE FIGURE FOR 1938, IF " "c ADJUSTED TO THE 1938 STANDARD, WOULD BE 59.1. " "c THESE DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY ADDING (1) " "c SHIPBUILDING, (2) BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND (3) " "c CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTING, WHICH IN THE 1916 REPORT WERE " "c GIVEN SEPARATELY BUT IN 1917 WERE COMBINED UNDER ONE " "c HEADING--"CONSTRUCTION." SEE CRUM, CORPORATE EARNING POWER, " "c P.327 FOR CHECK. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 11/24/93. " "c "