The Production Smoothing Model is Alive and Well

23 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last revised: 13 Nov 2022

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Ray C. Fair

Yale University - Cowles Foundation; Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance

Date Written: March 1989

Abstract

Monthly data in physical units for seven industries are used to examine the production smoothing hypothesis. The results strongly support this hypothesis. Significant effects of expected future sales on current production are found for four industries, and the estimated decision equations for all seven industries imply production smoothing behavior. The previous negative results regarding the hypothesis appear to be due to the use of poor data, particularly the shipments and inventory data of the Department of Commerce.

Suggested Citation

Fair, Ray C., The Production Smoothing Model is Alive and Well (March 1989). NBER Working Paper No. w2877, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=457563

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