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1974 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Fluctuations in Economic Activity

verfasst von : D. C. Rowan

Erschienen in: Output, Inflation and Growth

Verlag: Macmillan Education UK

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In Chapter 19 we developed an account of the process whereby, over the long run, the capacity of the economy to produce output grows. In this chapter we consider why, as a matter of observation, the growth path followed by the economy involves fluctuations in the extent to which, in any given year, the available capacity is utilised. The problem of economic fluctuations is often discussed under the heading of the theory of economic cycles. What then is a cycle?

Metadaten
Titel
Fluctuations in Economic Activity
verfasst von
D. C. Rowan
Copyright-Jahr
1974
Verlag
Macmillan Education UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86173-6_21