A time series for business profitability in twentieth-century Australia

Authors

David Merrett, University of Melbourne
Simon Ville, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

16165

Publication Details

Ville, S. & Merrett, D. (2006). A time series for business profitability in twentieth-century Australia. The Australian Economic Review, 39 (3), 330-339.

Abstract

Australia has historical time series for a wide range of economic data covering most of the twentieth century. These include statistical information relating to national income, demography, prices, external trade, financial markets, and the government sector. However, we lack a long time series for business profits. We have calculations for some industries, especially banking, and national figures from 1985 using the IBIS database.