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Rostow's Kondratieff Cycle in Australia

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The turn of economic events in the early 1970s correlates with a revival of ideas about the existence of long swings in economic development. The subject of Kondratieff cycles has attracted the pens of social scientists of very different persuasions. This paper draws on Walt W. Rostow's interpretation—with its emphasis on the role of exporters of food and raw materials in the world economy—to explore Australian long waves over the last 110 years. I conclude that the case for their existence is not confirmed and moreover that Rostow's cycle-mechanics offer a doubtful explication of movements in the Australian series.

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  • Pope, David, 1984. "Rostow's Kondratieff Cycle in Australia," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(3), pages 729-753, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:44:y:1984:i:03:p:729-753_03
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    5. Steven G. Cochrane & Daniel R. Vining Jr., 1988. "Population Migration in the Developed World: Some Further Comments," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 11(3), pages 277-278, December.
    6. J. Bradford De Long, 1987. "Have Productivity Levels Converged? Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Welfare in the Very Long Run," NBER Working Papers 2419, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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