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Labor Banks

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(3), 545
Journal Article Labor Banks Get access Leo Wolman Leo Wolman National Bureau of Economic Research, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 1930, Pages 545–549, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885796 Published: 01 May 1930

Control of Investment versus Control of Return

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(3), 549
Journal Article Control of Investment versus Control of Return: A Criticism Get access R. S. Meriam R. S. Meriam Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 1930, Pages 549–552, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885797 Published: 01 May 1930

Commerical Policy and Its Scientific Method: A Reply

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(4), 698
Journal Article Commercial Policy and Its Scientific Method: A Reply Get access F. Eulenburg F. Eulenburg Handelshochschule, Berlin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 4, August 1930, Pages 698–706, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884031 Published: 01 August 1930

Frankfurter and Green's Labor Injunction

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(4), 680
Journal Article Frankfurter and Green's Labor Injunction Get access F. W. Taussig F. W. Taussig Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 4, August 1930, Pages 680–686, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884029 Published: 01 August 1930

The Split Inventory: A War Expedient, a Solution in Peace

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(3), 493
I. Origin of the split inventory. — Definition, 493.—The splitting date, 494. — Built-up value, 494. — Relation to pre-war valuation procedure, 495. — Objects of war-time valuation, 497. — Other war-time methods of valuation, 497. — Superiority of the split inventory, 498. — II. Development of the split inventory. — Early use of this method, 499. — Brooklyn Borough Gas case, 500. — The split inventory in the District of Columbia, 502. — The split inventory in Wisconsin, 506. — The Ashland decision, 508. — The end of the split inventory, 509. — III. The Interstate Commerce Commission and the split inventory. — The Commission's policy, 510. — The Transportation Act of 1920, 511. — The O'Fallon valuation, 512. — The source of the Commission's policy, 512. — IV. The split inventory in the Supreme Court. — The Galveston case, 513. — The Georgia case, 514. — The OTallon case, 515. — V. The split inventory in the future. — Its relation to prudent investment, 517. — Present conditions are favorable, 519. — The attitude of utilities, 520. — The attitude of the courts, 521.

The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Terminal Problem

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(3), 462
I. Introduction, 462. — Failure of railroad regulation to accomplish the larger and ultimate object of regulation, 463. — The present problems of terminal regulation, 464. — The six categories of regulation, 465. —II. Analysis of Interstate Commerce Commission's Policy, 465.—The obligations of a rail carrier to perform switching services, 466. — The obligations of a carrier to build switch connections and to charge demurrage established, 471. — The obligations of a carrier to absorb terminal charges in certain traffic not effectively controlled in the absence of separation of terminal and Une haul charges, 474. — The obligations of a carrier to permit joint use of its terminal facilities not successfully established, 480. — The legality of terminal associations established, 483. — III. Conclusion: The Strength of the Interstate Commerce Commission's Policy, 484. — The conservative interpretation of the provisions for joint use of facilities, 486. — Unsatisfactory control of terminal charges, 486. — Need of a practical policy which conforms to recent conceptions of public interest, 490

The Franc in War and Reconstruction

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(3), 523
I. Introduction, 523. — II. The fundamental role of budgetary deficits, 525.—III. The quantity theory, 528.—IV. Purchasing power parity, 533. — V. Conclusion, 536.

Business Fluctuations and Public Works

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(2), 286
Public works the most flexible of the major public expenditures, 286.—Relief works, 287.—Mr. Hawtrey's objection to long-range planning of public works as a remedy, 289.—Professor Cassel's argument, 291.—Other arguments, 292.—Qualitative limitations to the plan, 293.—Quantitative limitations, 295.—Shifting of public construction may increase industrial fluctuations, 297.—Administrative obstacles to an ideal allocation of public contracts, 301.—The problem of coördination, 302.—Technical obstacles, 305.—Economic obstacles (1) due to unpredictability of business; 308 (2) due to uncertainty as to effect of remedial measures, 313.—Conclusion, 318.

A Criticism on Bye's Theory of Public Utility Rate-Determination

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(4), 706
Journal Article A Criticism on Bye's Theory of Public Utility Rate-Determination Get access Susumu Kobe Susumu Kobe University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 4, August 1930, Pages 706–710, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884032 Published: 01 August 1930

Further Thoughts on Depreciation and the Rate Base

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1930 44(4), 687
Further Thoughts on Depreciation and the Rate Base Get access George O. May George O. May Price, Waterhouse & Co., New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 44, Issue 4, August 1930, Pages 687–697, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884030 Published: 01 August 1930