This book introduces a new approach in the field of macroeconomic inventory studies: the use of multivariate statistics to evaluate long-term characteristics of inventory investments in developed countries.
Chapter 1: Introduction: The nature and structure of the inventory problem.- Chapter 2: Review of the literature.- Chapter 3: Methodology.- Chapter 4: Analysis of inventory behaviour of OECD countries.- Chapter 5: Stability of macroeconomic variables.- Chapter 6: Inventory developments in individual countries.- Chapter 7: Summary and conclusions.