Skyscraper index - do skyscrapers herald crash? Cover Image

Skyscraper index - czy wieżowce wieszczą krach?
Skyscraper index - do skyscrapers herald crash?

Author(s): Marian Kachniarz
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: skyscraper; skyscraper index; stock market crash; bubble building

Summary/Abstract: Article has two goals. The first is the characteristics of temporal and spatial construction of implemented projects. The other one is to try to seek answers to the question do exist a specific regularities connecting construction time the tallest skyscrapers with the economic development cycles of countries in which they arise. Do is true correlation between the records of skyscrapers and periods of slowdown or even collapse of the growth economies? The motive of adoption of this theme is the fact that such a relationship is suggested in a number of serious economic analysis. Although these hypotheses have rather character of popular science than exactly quantified empirically knowledge, you cannot refuse them attractive which captivates a number of economic analysts inclusive with reports of major investment banks.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 37/3
  • Page Range: 21-31
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish