Skyscrapers and Business Cycles
24 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2012
Date Written: May 31, 2012
Abstract
The skyscraper index, created by economist Andrew Lawrence shows a correlation between the construction of the world’s tallest building and the business cycle. Is this just a coincidence, or perhaps do skyscrapers cause business cycles? A theoretical foundation of “Cantillon effects” for the skyscraper index is provided here showing how the basic components of skyscraper construction such as technology are related to key theoretical concepts in economics such as the structure of production. The findings, empirical and theoretical, suggest that the business cycle theory of the Austrian School of economics has much to contribute to our understanding of business cycles, particularly severe ones.
Keywords: Austrian Economics, Business Cycles, Cantillon Effects, Prediction
JEL Classification: C53, E37, l16
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