skyscraper index中文什么意思

摩天大楼指数

• skyscraper:    1.摩天楼；非常高的烟囱。 2.【航 ...
• index:    n. (pl. -es, -dice ...
• a skyscraper:    幢一幢摩天大楼

百科释义

The Skyscraper Index is a concept put forward in January 1999 by Andrew Lawrence, research director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, which showed that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns. Business cycles and skyscraper construction correlateThornton, p.