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Housing Problems

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 48(1), 129
The Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933. Complexity of the Problem, 129.— I. Relation to the National Economy, 133. — II. Governmental Policy, 135.— III. Housing Standards and the Family Budget, 137.— IV. The Financing of Housing Construction, 140.— V. Technological Problems, 142.— VI. Miscellaneous Problems, 148.

The Yellow Dog Contract: An Explanation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 48(1), 194
Journal Article An Explanation Get access The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 48, Issue 1, November 1933, Page 194, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884803 Published: 01 November 1933

The Elasticity of Demand From Family Budgets

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 47(2), 342
Journal Article The Elasticity of Demand from Family Budgets Get access A. C. Pigou A. C. Pigou King's College, Cambridge, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 47, Issue 2, February 1933, Page 342, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883692 Published: 01 February 1933

The Demand for Labor

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 47(4), 627
I. Marginal productivity ignores important forms of investment, 627; and is inaccurate even for "productive" investment, 628.— The "law" of diminishing productivity vague and subject to serious exceptions, 630.— Marshall's doctrine of marginal net product does not explain general wages, 631; but throws light on the process of equilibrium-seeking, 632.— The application of labor to land, 633.— II. "Demand for labor" a misleading expression, 634.— Factors which determine it, 635.— The "method of increments" not involved, 638.— In what sense wages are residual, 639.— III. Practical implications: for changes in working hours, 640; consumer borrowing, 641; raising of wages above equilibrium rate, 642; elasticity of demand for labor, 643.

Life Tables for Automobiles

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 47(2), 368
Journal Article Life Tables for Automobiles Get access George Gardner George Gardner Salt Lake City, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 47, Issue 2, February 1933, Pages 368–369, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883696 Published: 01 February 1933

Tax Shifting and the Laws of Cost

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 47(4), 680
Introduction, 680. — I. Marshall's treatment examined, 681. — II. Doubts as to its usefulness: (1) the assumption of free competition, 685; independence of the cost of labor and capital, 690; effect of public expenditures, 695; the assumption that an industry obeys one law of cost throughout, 698; "boxing" an industry, 701. — III. The "statistical" method of analyzing tax-price relationships, 703. — The "theoretical-statistical" method more promising, 706.

The London Passenger Transport Act of 1933: A New Socialization

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 48(1), 181
Journal Article The London Passenger Transport Act of 1933: A New Socialization Get access Alfred Plummer Alfred Plummer Ruskin College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 48, Issue 1, November 1933, Pages 181–193, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884802 Published: 01 November 1933

Velocity of Circulation of Goods

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1933 47(3), 545
Journal Article Velocity of Circulation of Goods Get access Raymond H. Lounsbury Raymond H. Lounsbury University of Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 47, Issue 3, May 1933, Pages 545–547, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883985 Published: 01 May 1933