POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLES BEFORE THE GREAT-DEPRESSION

Authors
HECKELMAN J WHAPLES R
Citation
J. Heckelman et R. Whaples, POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLES BEFORE THE GREAT-DEPRESSION, Economics letters, 51(2), 1996, pp. 247-251
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
247 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1996)51:2<247:PBCBTG>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We test for the existence of political business cycles using annual da ta for the period from 1869 to 1929, finding only weak supportive evid ence.