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Railroad purchasing and the business cycle

Title
Railroad purchasing and the business cycle / by John E. Partington.
Author
Partington, John E. (John Everette), 1893-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, 1929.

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Additional Authors
Brookings Institution. Institute of Economics.
Description
xiii, 309 pages : charts; 24 cm
Series Statement
Publication / Institute of Economics of the Brookings Institution ; [no. 34]
Uniform Title
Publication (Brookings Institution. Institute of Economics) ; no. 34.
Subject
  • Railroads > United States > Finance
  • Business cycles > United States
  • Business cycles
  • Railroads > Finance
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Objectives and conclusions of the study -- Sources and methods -- Boom and panic, 1870-1873 -- Persistent depression, 1874-1879 -- High prosperity and slow recession, 1880-1886 -- Expanding activity, 1887-1893 -- Depression and revival, 1894-1897 -- Abounding prosperity, 1898-1903 -- Prosperity and panic, 1904-1907 -- Moderate prosperity and mild depression, 1908-1914 -- World War, 1915-1918 -- Readjustment and prosperity, 1919-1926 -- Fluctuations in railroad buying and in business activity -- Railway purchasing and railway gross earnings.
LCCN
30001920
OCLC
  • ocm03763672
  • 3763672
  • SCSB-276301
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library