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The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 50 No. 2 1968

Lags Between Investment Decisions and Their Causes

Shirley Almon

Abstract

T HE appropriations series collected by the National Industrial Conference Board (NICB) come closer than any other data to pinpointing the time of investment decisions. This paper reports a study of the time lags between the basic stimulants of investment output, cash flow, and interest rate and these appropriations. We find that appropriations respond quickly to these incentives. Three points summarize the results for the all manufacturing:

DOI
10.2307/1926195
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
193
Sources
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