The UK construction industry under cyclical high inflation, high interest rates and recession

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 301-305

  Ren, Hong ^a   Lin, Shang Shao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Escalation of wage cost; Excess borrowing; High inflation; High interest policy; Performance of the construction industry under recession; Recession

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAGES;

INFLATION RATE; INTEREST RATE POLICY; WAGE COST;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HIGH INFLATION; INDUSTRIAL IMPACT; INTEREST RATE POLICY; MANUFACTURING;

UK;

EID: 0030265419     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-7863(96)84513-3     Document Type: Article

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4. Smallwood, C 'Why Britain remains so prone to inflation' The Sunday Express (27 January 1991)
5. Ren, H Risk Management in Construction Cost and Inflation Ph.D. Thesis, University of Reading (1992)