Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Tables xi
5. Illustrations xiii
6. Part I. Inventory Fluctuations: A Theoretical Analysis
7. Chapter One. The Economic Role of Inventories 3
8. Chapter Two. The Treatment of Inventories in Business Cycle Theory 6
9. Chapter Three. Inventory Fluctuations in a Simple Model of the Economic System 14
10. Chapter Four. A Second Model 29
11. Chapter Five. The Effects of Inventory Fluctuations on Different Commodities and Stages of Production 40
12. Chapter Six. The Relation of Price Changes to Cyclical Fluctuations in Inventories 46
13. Chapter Seven. Expenditure on Consumers’ Services and Inventory Fluctuations 56
14. Chapter Eight. Investment Expenditures, the Government. The Savings Schedule, and Inventory Fluctuations 59
15. Chapter Nine. Summary and Conclusions 70
16. Part II. Inventory Fluctuations in Canada, 1918 to 1950
17. Chapter Ten. Inventory Fluctuations in Ten Manufacturing Industries, 1918 to 1950 75
18. Chapter Eleven. Inventory Fluctuations in the Canadian Economy 92
19. Chapter Twelve. Conclusion 108
20. Statistical Appendix 109
21. Notes 125
22. Index 131