The Building Complex
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9764473 |
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| Authors | Anjalé D Welton (0000-0002-7588-6008, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1921 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 128-135 |
| Publication date | 1921-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271622109700118 |
| OpenAlex | W2060699030 |
| Language | EN |
N common with all other industries that of building construction was influenced by the war. The demand for it found stimulation in the general business * activity that accompanied expansion, but building materials were not the subject of priority orders and in 1918 the Secretary of the Treasury made an appeal to the public to stop all but necessary building. The diversion of building materials to war work had a pronounced effect, and credit for building, when not frowned on by any of the numerous war boards, was restricted by voluntary action of those in control of it, if not by the potential borrowers themselves
| Highly cited | No |
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