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Statistical Testing of Business Cycle Theory: The Econometric Method

In: The Business Cycle in the Post-War World

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  • Lawrence R. Klein

    (University of Michigan)

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Business cycle theory, in most cases, is originally developed at an abstract level of logical deduction of consequences from an assumed hypothetical structure. This branch of economic theory, unlike some others, is mainly concerned with descriptive instead of normative analysis. Because business cycle theory is abstract and hypothetical, because it attempts to describe real-life processes, it is only natural that economists demand a confrontation of this theory with the facts of actual economic events. Logic alone is not enough to establish such diverse claims as: Investment depends on the rate of change of output.

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  • Lawrence R. Klein, 1955. "Statistical Testing of Business Cycle Theory: The Econometric Method," International Economic Association Series, in: Erik Lundberg (ed.), The Business Cycle in the Post-War World, pages 222-245, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-08437-1_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08437-1_11
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