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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Secular Overview -- 1.1. Trends in the Distribution of National Assets in Current Prices -- 1.2. Differences between Broad and Narrow Concepts of Assets -- 1.3 Changes in the National Balance Sheet in Constant Prices -- 1.4. Sectoral Distribution of Assets -- 1.5. Decomposition of Rates of Growth of National Assets -- 1.6. National Balance Sheet Ratios -- 2. Summary of Findings for the 1953-75 Period -- 3. Problems of Constructing National and Sectoral Balance Sheets -- 3.1. Sectoring -- 3.2. Categories of Assets and Liabilities -- 3.3. Valuation -- 3.4. Deflation (Reduction to Constant Prices) -- 3.5. Consolidation -- 3.6. Sources -- 4. The National Balance Sheet of the United States for 1975 -- 4.1. The Overall Balance Sheet -- 4.2. The Structure of Sectoral Balance Sheets -- 4.3. Distribution of Assets and Liabilities among Sectors -- 4.4. The Financial Interrelations Ratio -- 5. Trends and Fluctuations in the National Balance Sheet, 1953-75 -- 5.1. The National Balance Sheet -- 5.2. Revaluations -- 5.3. A Comparison of Three Estimates -- 6. Trends and Fluctuations in Sectoral Balance Sheets, 1953-75 -- 6.1. Sectoral Distribution of Assets, Liabilities, Equities, and Net Worth -- 6.2. Two Financial Ratios -- 6.3. The Balance Sheet of all Nonfinancial Sectors -- 6.4. Households -- 6.5. Nonprofit Organizations -- 6.6. Farm Enterprises -- 6.7. Nonfinancial Nonfarm Unincorporated Business Enterprises -- 6.8. Nonfinancial Corporations -- 6.9. Federal Government -- 6.10. State and Local Governments -- 6.11. Rest of the World -- 6.12. Financial Institutions -- 7. Broader Definitions of National Assets -- 7.1. Standing Timber -- 7.2. Fish and Game -- 7.3. Collectors' items -- 7.4. National Monuments -- 7.5. Subsoil Assets -- 7.6. Research and Development Expenditures.

The quantitative international comparison of financial structure and development involves three levels of problems: first, what is the purpose of such comparisons; second, given these objectives, what are the concrete features of the financial system to be compared; and, third, how are these comparisons to be carried out, that is, what data can be used and how should they be processed and arranged?