The role of inventories and capacity utilization as shock absorbers

We examine the role of inventories and capacity utilization (of both capital and labor) for the propagation of business cycle fluctuations. We document a new set of facts regarding the U.S. cyclical regularities of inventories and capacity utilization. First, we find that capital utilization and the...

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Volume:	17
Main Author:	Auernheimer, Leonardo Trupkin, Danilo R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	SAN DIEGO Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014 ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE Elsevier B.V
published in:	Review of economic dynamics Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 70 - 85
Data of publication:	January 2014
ISSN:	1094-2025 1096-6099
EISSN:	1096-6099
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Inventories Business cycle Capital utilization Labor intensity Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Business cycles Analysis Inventories E22 E32 Business cycle Capital utilization Labor intensity J22 BUSINESS-CYCLE TIME NOMINAL RIGIDITIES COSTS FLUCTUATIONS INVESTMENT LABOR VOLATILITY US
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2014 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS