The timber bubble that burst :: government policy and the bailout of 1984 /

This is a book about bubble prices, and their consequences, in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest from 1979-1984. Bubble prices--unusual and rapid rises (and eventual drops) in the prices of a commodity--have been of theoretical interest to economists for many years. This study examines th...

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1. Verfasser: Mattey, Joe P.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Schriftenreihe:OUP E-Books.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:This is a book about bubble prices, and their consequences, in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest from 1979-1984. Bubble prices--unusual and rapid rises (and eventual drops) in the prices of a commodity--have been of theoretical interest to economists for many years. This study examines the unusual movements in the price of federal timber and the subsequent recession in the Northwest when timber buyers delayed harvests in order to postpone the realization of their losses on the contracts. Mattey argues that it was not so much the actions of the Federal Reserve, which had been widely.
Beschreibung:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1988.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 109 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106) and index.
ISBN:1423735218
9781423735212
1601297602
9781601297600
9780195062755
0195062752
1280524626
9781280524622
9786610524624
6610524629

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