Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Questions about Business Cycles -- PART II: BUSINESS CYCLE DURATIONS -- 2. Have Postwar Economic Fluctuations Been Stabilized? -- 3. Shorter Recessions and Longer Expansions -- 4. A Nonparametric Investigation of...

I: Introduction -- 1: Overview and Summary -- II: Econometric Specifications of the Disequilibrium Model -- 2: Previous Specifications -- 3: The Exact Excess Demand Specification -- 4: Evaluating the Exact Excess Demand Specification -- Appendix A: Linear Spillovers -- III: Estimation of a...