Problems of Capital Formation

Abramovitz acceleration acceleration principle actual additions adjustment aggregate amount analysis annual assets assumption average balance book value business cycle capacity utilization capital coefficients capital consumption capital ex capital expenditures capital stock carbon black census cent change in capacity charges constant dollars construction consumers corporate cost current dollars cycle cyclical debt decisions decline deflators demand depreciation derived durable esti estimates expected factors financing firms Franco Modigliani gross capital formation growth important increase industry input interest interview inventory change inventory investment Kuznets labor LIFO machinery and equipment machines manufacturing measure ment method million obsolescence operating paper period plant and equipment postwar price indexes problem production profits purchases quality change ratio relation relative replacement reported residential retained earnings sample Simon Kuznets Statistics structure Survey Table tion utilization wealth World War II