On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:17:09PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > Also, over the period from 1888 to 2001, Seigel tabulates that the total > US stock market annualized real return for Republicans was 7.20% but > only 6.48% for Democrats. I don't have GDP data tabulated back to 1888, > so I don't know if GDP follows the same trend, but my guess would be > yes, since stock returns have tracked GDP relatively well over longer > time periods. Have the Democrats gotten better with time, or is there a > flaw in the analysis?
I spent most of my free time this weeking searching for GDP data before 1929, and I finally found it. But I haven't had time to do any simulations or analysis with it yet. I will get to it later this week, though, and if anyone is interested I will post the results. In the meantime, here is the source I found for historical GDP data back to 1789 (!) : http://www.eh.net/hmit/gdp/ Note that the data prior to 1929 is somewhat less reliable than that after 1929 (there is a link on that page which explains their methodology and sources) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
