| Some 325 entries explain major concepts, facts, and historical events related to business cycles, fluctuations, financial crises, recessions, and depressions. Coverage is international in scope, with material designed to be accessible to nonspecialists. Includes a chronology of major business cycles in the US, capsule biographies of leading economists born before 1920, and entry bibliographies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. |
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| A unique contribution to the literature of business cycles and depressions, this encyclopedia will be invaluable to students and researchers alike. The 200 editors and contributors have published widely and are qualified to choose the articles and define the scope of such a volume. The topics are related to business cycles and depressions, including supporting theories, statistical techniques, and historical events. The biographical entries cover important contributors, but are limited to those born before 1920. Each of the 327 original articles, one or more pages in length, is followed by a select bibliography and by cross-references to related articles. The appendixes contain chronologies of business cycles in the US, Britain, France, and Germany. There are comprehensive indexes of authors and subjects. Recommended for any library requiring information on business cycles. Copyright 1999 American Library Association |
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