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Accelerator, Theory of the Firm and the Business Cycle

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I. Accelerator: an exogenous parameter or an endogenous variable, 325. — II. The unreasonableness of the assumption of a constant accelerator in the light of the theory of the firm, 327. — III. The inelastic supply of capital to individual firms checks the operation of the acceleration principle and tends to make the rate of investment a function of the level of income rather than a function of the rate of change of income during the upswing, 331. — IV. Accelerator and the time dimension of investment, 335. — V. Significance of time dimension of investment in the explanation of the appearance of excess capacity and downturn, 339.

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  • S. C. Tsiang, 1951. "Accelerator, Theory of the Firm and the Business Cycle," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 65(3), pages 325-341.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:65:y:1951:i:3:p:325-341.
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    1. K. Vela Velupillai, 2004. "Hicksian Visions and Vignettes on (Non-Linear) Trade Cycle Theories," Department of Economics Working Papers 0407, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia.
    2. V. Ragupathy & K. Vela Velupillai, 2011. "Origins and Early Development of the Nonlinear Endogenous Mathematical Theory of the Business Cycle: Part I - The Setting," ASSRU Discussion Papers 1127, ASSRU - Algorithmic Social Science Research Unit.
    3. Sinem Celik Girgin & Thanasis Karlis & Hong-Oanh Nguyen, 2018. "A Critical Review of the Literature on Firm-Level Theories on Ship Investment," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-19, January.

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