A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle

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A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that develops a formal model to explain the causes and dynamics of business cycles.

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instanceOf book
economic treatise
work on business cycles
aimsTo explain recurrent economic fluctuations
integrate theory of growth and cycles
author John R. Hicks
John R. Hicks
surface form: John Richard Hicks
contributedTo macroeconomic analysis of cycles
theory of income fluctuations
theory of investment fluctuations
describes interaction between investment and income
mechanisms generating cyclical fluctuations
field economics
focusesOn causes of business cycles
dynamics of business cycles
genre academic literature
hasConcept ceiling and floor constraints in cycles
multiplier-accelerator interaction
non-linear trade cycle model
hasImpactOn macroeconomic policy discussions
post-Keynesian business cycle theory
hasSubjectArea business cycle theory
economic dynamics
macroeconomics
influencedBy Keynesian economics
macroeconomic theory
language English
mainSubject business cycle
trade cycle
partOf 20th-century economic literature
recognizedAs influential work in business cycle theory
theoreticalApproach Keynesian-inspired cycle theory
macrodynamic modeling
uses formal economic model

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