THE CANADIAN POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE

This paper will discuss the existence of a Canadian Political Business Cycle (PBC) during the period 1946-1989. Logit analysis was used to determine if changes in the unemployment rate, growth of real GNE and the rate of inflation are significantly different in the period before an election than du...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barbara Libby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2000-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/279