Year: 1996 Source: Applied Economics Letters, v.3, no.11, (November 1996), p.737-738 SIEC No: 19970816

The relationship between suicide & business cycles is analysed using Finnish time-series for the period 1878-1994. The results clearly show that suicide increases along with age & is related to both GDP growth (inversely), bankruptcies & unemployment. (2 refs.)