The Two-Stage Decline in U.S. Nonfinancial Corporate Profitability, 1948-1986
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Review of Radical Political Economics
- Vol. 20 (4) , 1-22
- https://doi.org/10.1177/048661348802000402
Abstract
The decline in the rate of return on nonfinancial corporate capital from 1948-1986 can be usefully divided into two distinct periods. From 1948-1972, a decline in the profit share accounts for most of the decline in the profit rate. From 1972-86, the profit share rose, and a decline in capital productivity accounts for the continued decline in the profit rate. Regression analysis of the trend structure and a decomposition of the factors accounting for the profit rate are used to support this thesis.Keywords
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