CONSISTENT OUTPUT SERIES FOR THE ANTEBELLUM AND POSTBELLUM PERIODS - ISSUES AND PRELIMINARY-RESULTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700014558
• 发表日期: 1994
• 页码: 409-422
• 关键词: gross national product

摘要

Existing output series that cover both the antebellum and postbellum periods are inconsistent and unsuitable for comparing cyclical patterns across the nineteenth century. More consistent data show that output in cyclically sensitive sectors was no less, and probably more, volatile before the War Between the States than after it.