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Profit Theory--Where do we go from Here

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(3), 407
Introduction, 407. — I. Various meanings of profit, 407. — II. Relationship of corporate management to earnings, 414. — III. Maximizing profits by minimizing taxes, 416. — IV. Maximizing aggregate profits or rate of profit, 417. — V. Windfall profits, 419. — VI. Conclusion, 420.

Full Capacity vs. Full Employment Growth: Further Comment

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(4), 559
Journal Article Full Capacity vs. Full Employment Growth: Further Comment Get access Evsey D. Domar Evsey D. Domar The Johns Hopkins University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 67, Issue 4, November 1953, Pages 559–563, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883601 Published: 01 November 1953

Ricardo's Views on Monetary Questions

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(1), 30
I. Introduction, 30. — II. The meaning of depreciation, 31. — III. The cause of depreciation, 33. — IV. Resumption and a choice of standard, 36. — V. The Ingot Plan, 37. — VI. The fall in prices after resumption, 40. — VII. Attitude towards Bank of England, 43. — VIII. Conclusion, 46.

The Case for Accelerated Depreciation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(4), 493
Introduction, 493. — I. Assumptions, 494. — II. Financing investment from internal funds, 496. — III. Various schemes of accelerated depreciation, 499: the American system, 500; the British system, 504; the hybrid system, 506. — IV. Conclusion, 508. — Mathematical appendix, 513.

Full Capacity vs. Full Employment Growth

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(4), 545
I. Criticism of recent literature on the growth problem, 545. — II. Summary of Hamberg's principal arguments, 546. — III. The models of Domar and Harrod, 548. — IV. Proposal of an improved model which takes account of a “normal” production function, 549. — V. Geometric treatment of the model, 551.

The Huguenots in the French Economy, 1650-1750

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(3), 423
I. Introduction, 423. — II. The place of the Protestant nobility and peasantry, 424. — III. The Protestant bourgeoisie; its economic superiority and commercial importance, 426. — IV. Its industrial position; its rôle in private and public finance, 430. — V. Various hypotheses as to the generalized relationship of Protestantism and capitalism, 432. — VI. Predestination and man's calling. Protestantism and individualism. Rationalization of economic activity. Attitude toward interest, 435. — VII. The Huguenots as a "penalized minority, " 439. — VIII. Conclusions, 443.

The Application of Investment Criteria

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(1), 76
Introduction, 76. — I. Structural factors, 77. — II. Calculation of the social benefit of individual investments, 79. — III. Investment criteria reexamined, 85. — IV. Summary and conclusions, 94.

The Structure of the Housing Market

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(2), 181
I. Introduction, 181. — II. The housing market, 182; submarkets within a housing market, 184; time periods, 186. — III. The market for multiple-dwelling leaseholds, 187; the standing stock period, 187; empirical materials, 191; the construction period, 196. — IV. Intra- and intergroup relationships; intra-submarket relationships, 198; inter-submarket relationships, 205. — V. Summary, 208.

Marketing Structure and Economic Development

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1953 67(3), 344
Introduction, 344. — I. Distribution and the literature, 344. — II. Distribution in Puerto Rico, 349; the importance of distribution in Puerto Rico, 350; food distribution, 352; nonfood distribution, 359; summary, 361.