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The Two-Stage Decline in U.S. Nonfinancial Corporate Profitability, 1948-1986

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  • Thomas R. Michl

    (Department of Economics, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.)

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The decline in the rate of return on nonfinancial corporate capital from 1948-1986 can be usefully divided into two distinct periods. From 1948-1972, a decline in the profit share accounts for most of the decline in the profit rate. From 1972-86, the profit share rose, and a decline in capital productivity accounts for the continued decline in the profit rate. Regression analysis of the trend structure and a decomposition of the factors accounting for the profit rate are used to support this thesis.

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  • Thomas R. Michl, 1988. "The Two-Stage Decline in U.S. Nonfinancial Corporate Profitability, 1948-1986," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 20(4), pages 1-22, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:20:y:1988:i:4:p:1-22
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