The Timber Bubble That Burst: Government Policy and the Bailout of 1984

ISBN-13: 9780195062755 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 120 str.

Joe P. Mattey

Opis

This is a book about bubble prices, and their consequences, in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest from 1979-1984. Bubble prices--unusual and rapid rises (and eventual drops) in the prices of a commodity--have been of theoretical interest to economists for many years. This study examines the unusual movements in the price of federal timber and the subsequent recession in the Northwest when timber buyers delayed harvests in order to postpone the realization of their losses on the contracts. Mattey argues that it was not so much the actions of the Federal Reserve, which had been widely blamed for the crisis, but rather the actions of the buyers themselves that caused the recession.

Recenzje

Should have wide appeal....Reveals how political interest groups can influence the rules under which government agencies operate and why seemingly simple actions, such as the selling of public timer, can result in fiasco.