Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1: What is a Recession, Who Decides When It Starts, and When Do They Decide?
(Brian W. Cashell)pp. 1-5
Chapter 2: Business Cycles in Economic Theory: Exogenous or Endogenous?
(Orlando Gomes, Escola Superior de Comunicacao Social Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa and Unidade de Investigacao em Desenvolvimento Empresarial - Economics Research Center) pp. 7-44
Chapter 3: Evaluating the Potential for a Recession in 2008
(Marc Labonte) pp. 45-64
Chapter 4: The Recessionary Impact of Stabilizing Inflation
(Federico Ravenna, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz) pp. 65-97
Chapter 5: On Accuracy Measure of Recession Forecasts
(Khursid M. Kiani, Dept. of Economics, The Univ. of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies) pp. 99-125
Chaptetr 6: Predicting Recessions Using Financial Variables
(Fabio Moneta, Chestnut Hill, Boston College, MA) pp. 127-137
Chapter 7: Mysterious Socio-Economic Disturbances and Cyclical Fluctuations
(Ayub Mehar, Institute of Business and Technology Karachi) pp. 139-152
Expert Commentary
Dynamic Investor Risk Premia and Recessions
(Jiangze Bian, School of Finance and Banking, Univ. of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, Michael E. Fuerst, Dept. of Finance, School of Business Administration, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL) pp. 153-162
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