TY  - JOUR
AU  - West,Kenneth D.
TI  - Order Backlogs and Production Smoothing
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2385
PY  - 1989
Y2  - June 1989
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2385
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2385.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Kenneth D. West
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI  53706
Tel: 608/262-0033
Fax: 608/262-2033
E-Mail: kdwest@wisc.edu
AB  - Empirical examination of some aggregate manufacturing data suggests that order backlogs may help explain two puzzling facts: (1) the variability of production appears to be greater than that of demand, and (2) inventories appear to be drawn down when demand is low, built up when demand is high.
ER  -