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The Economic Limit and Economic Burden of an Internally Held National Debt

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 55(1), 116
Nature of the problem, 116. — The fiscal and institutional limits: avoidance of price inflation, 117; statutory provisions, 118. — The immediate real burden, 119. — The financial burden, 119. — Tax friction, 120. — Government spending and the growth of national money income, 121. — The case where government spending and deficit financing merely offset hoarding: "dead weight" spending, 123; spending for public works, 126. — Increasing difficulty in making the necessary injection, 128. — Conclusions, 129.

Some Substitution Effects in the Location Decision of a Firm

Journal of Political Economy 1971 79(4), 903-908
This article extends the classical static theory of the firm to allow for the interaction of the location and output and input decisions. Equilibrium conditions are determined. The comparative static effects of changes in the price and transport cost parameters on the location and quantity variables are deduced.

D. H. Robertson: Comment

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1964 78(2), 324
Journal Article D. H. Robertson: Comment Get access David McCord Wright David McCord Wright University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 78, Issue 2, May 1964, Pages 324–327, https://doi.org/10.2307/1879330 Published: 01 May 1964

Some Notes on Ideal Output

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1962 76(2), 173
Introduction, 173. — I. “Pure” versus “perfect” competition, 173. — II. “Pure but imperfect” competition, 175. — III. Growth, competition and full employment, 176. — IV. Equilibrium versus dynamic analysis, 178. — V. Pure versus monopolistic competition in a multidisturbance world, 183. — VI. Conclusion, 184.

What is the Economic System?

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1958 72(2), 198 open access
Introduction, 198. — I. Concepts of equilibrium and the “machine,” 198. — II. Difficulties with the concept of the “machine,” 200. — III. The “event” approach, 202. — IV. Major limitation of the “event” approach, 205. — V. Implications of the “event” approach, 208. — VI. Summary, 210.

Interest-Free Deficit Financing: A Reply

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(4), 637
Journal Article Interest-Free Deficit Financing: A Reply Get access David McCord Wright David McCord Wright University of Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 58, Issue 4, August 1944, Pages 637–646, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884748 Published: 01 August 1944

Professor Knight on Limits to the Use of Capital

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(3), 331
Scope of the paper, 331. — I. Assumptions, 333. — Standard of living, 334. — Limit to the use of capital, 334. — The problem of steady development, 336. — The rate of accumulation, 337. — II. Possible objections, 339. New capital needs, 340. — III. Assuming many varieties of capital goods and of consumer's goods, 341. — "Diminishing Returns, " 342. — Standard of living, 344. — IV. Alleged "twilight zone" above zero per cent, 346. — Brakes upon borrowing, 347. — Effect upon demand for capital, 348. — The condition of indefinite waste, 349. — Perfectly elastic demand, 350. — V. Demand for "satisfactions in general, " 352. — "Hoped-for security, " 354. — VI. Summary of conclusions, 356.