The Consumption of Capital in Austria

07/20/2005 Articles of Interest Fritz Machlup

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This article is based upon an address delivered at a meeting of the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association on 3 December 1934.

Machlup presents Austria as a case study in capital consumption and economic decline.

References

Review of Economic Statistics, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 15, 1935, pp. 13-19.

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