Inventory investment and output volatility

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 93-94, Issue SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 75-86

  Irvine, F Owen ^a,b   Schuh, Scott ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Covariance; GDP volatility; Inventory investment; Output; Stability

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SALES;

BUSINESS CYCLES; COVARIANCE; GDP VOLATILITY; INVENTORY INVESTMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 9544220678     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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