Title: Short-term economic forecasting. A report of the National Bureau of Economic Research, New York.
Authors: Conference on Research in Income and Wealth.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 1955
Subjects: Economic forecasting Canada Congresses.; Economic forecasting United States Congresses.; Canada Economic conditions Congresses.; United States Economic conditions Congresses.
Abstract: "Papers delivered at the meetings of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth held in September 1951." Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents: Recent developments in short-term forecasting / V. Lewis Bassie. Comment / Elmer C. Bratt [and others]. Replies by the author -- Plant and equipment programs and their realization / Irwin Friend and Jean Bronfenbrenner. Comment / E.M. Hoover, George Katona. Replies by the authors -- Investment forecasting in Canada / O.J. Firestone. Comment / Sergei P. Dobrovolsky, Robert P. Ulin. Reply by the author -- Economic expectations and plans of firms in relation to short-term forecasting / Franco Modigliani and Owen H. Sauerlender. Comment / W.W. Cooper and H.A. Simon, A.G. Hart -- Forecasts of railway traffic / Thor Hultgren -- Consumer anticipations: their use in forecasting consumer behavior / John B. Lansing and Stephen B. Withey. Comment / Elmer C. Bratt, James Tobin. Reply by Mr. Lansing -- The contribution of consumer anticipations in forecasting consumer demand / Irving Schweiger. Comment / Robert Eisner [and others].