Business Cycles in the Run of History

• Main Authors: Aimar, Thierry (Author), Bismans, Francis (Author), Diebolt, Claude (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: History.; Economic growth.; Social sciences.; Economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Economic Growth.; History, general.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book analyzes the development of economic cycles in the run of history. The focus is on the development of cycle theory, with maximum emphasis upon ideas. Chapter 1 delivers an overview of the debate about cycles before the 1970s. Chapter 2 completes this survey by presenting the main empirical...