Business cycles since 1820 : new international perspectives from historical evidence / edited by Trevor J.O. Dick.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-286) and index.

Consistent output series for the antebellum and postbellum periods : issues and preliminary results / Charles Calomiris and Christopher Hanes -- Great Depression in Japan : why was it so short? / Toru Iwami, Tetsuji Okazaki, and Hiroshi Yoshikawa -- Reassessment of the United Kingdom business cycle chronology / Jan Tore Klovland -- Measuring national product in Germany, 1925-38 : the state of the debate and some new results / Albrecht Ritschl -- Labor market a hundred years ago : new, micro-level evidence on long-term change from the depression of 1893-4 / Susan Carter and Richard Sutch -- Phillips curves under the gold standard regime : Canada and the United States compared / Trevor J.O. Dick -- Consistent wholesale price series for the United States, 1860-1990 / Christopher Hanes -- Cyclical adjustment of hours and employment in the prewar United States : evidence from the depression of 1893-4 / John A. James -- Central bank behavior, the exchange rate regime, and the persistence of inflation in historical perspective / Pierre L. Siklos and Richard C.K. Burdekin.