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Information, Expectations, and Inventory Fluctuations: A Study of Materials Stock on Hand and on Order
Ruth P. Mack
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Published Date
January 1967
Copyright
1967
ISBN
0-87014-478-2
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: Studies in Business Cycles
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Table of Contents
Front matter, Information, Expectations, and Inventory Fluctuations: A Study of Materials Stock on Hand and on Order
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
Overview and Summary
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 3-16)
I. Questions and Sources of Evidence
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 17-18)
Chapter 1:
Gaps in the Explanation of Inventory Behavior
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 19-23)
Chapter 2:
Functions and Determinants of Stocks in Business Enterprises
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 24-53)
Chapter 3:
The Problem of Aggregative Analysis of Ownership
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 54-65)
II. The Behavior of Ownership and Its Parts
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 67-68)
Chapter 4:
Materials Ownership, Durable Goods Manufacturers
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 69-92)
Chapter 5:
Merchandise Ownership, Department Stores
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 93-113)
Chapter 6:
Rates of Change
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 114-129)
Chapter 7:
Stocks and Adjacent Flows, Department Stores
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 130-143)
Chapter 8:
Stocks and Adjacent Flows, Durable Goods Manufacturers
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 144-155)
III. Search for Explanations
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 157-158)
Chapter 9:
Causes of Fluctuation in Ownership: The Sales Link
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 159-176)
Chapter 10:
Causes of Fluctuation in Ownership: Market Conditions
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 177-209)
Chapter 11:
Fluctuation in Ownership and Inventory Models
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 210-240)
Chapter 12:
Inventory-Purchase Cycles and Business Cycles
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 241-268)
Chapter 13:
Toward a Theory of Inventory Behavior
Author(s):
Ruth P. Mack
(p. 269-297)
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