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Public Utilities and the Income Tax

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(3), 529
Journal Article Public Utilities and the Income Tax Get access E. M. Bernstein E. M. Bernstein North Carolina State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 45, Issue 3, May 1931, Pages 529–535, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883904 Published: 01 May 1931

On a Passage of Professor Taussig's International Trade

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 46(1), 187
Journal Article On a Passage of Professor Taussig's International Trade Get access Achille Loria, Achille Loria Turin, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar 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 46, Issue 1, November 1931, Pages 187–189, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883926 Published: 01 November 1931

Some Economic Implications of Unemployment Insurance

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(4), 622
I. Recent proposals for unemployment insurance require special consideration, 622.—II. Systems established voluntarily by employers are practical only under certain conditions, 624.—III. Profits and surpluses not a suitable source of unemployment insurance funds, 626.—Nor employers' gains resulting from the lag of money wages, 629.—Doubtful whether unemployment insurance will pay for itself through increased productivity, 630.—IV. Compulsory contributions to unemployment funds tend to fall upon wage-earners, 633; and not likely to lead to reduction of unemployment, 634.—V. Direct government subsidies the proper method, 639.

International Control of Price Levels

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(2), 357
Journal Article International Control of Price Levels Get access Harold L. Reed Harold L. Reed Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 1931, Pages 357–364, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885480 Published: 01 February 1931

The Role of Price in the International Trade Mechanism

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(4), 710
Journal Article The Rôle of Price in the International Trade Mechanism Get access Robert M. Carr Robert M. Carr University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 45, Issue 4, August 1931, Pages 710–719, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883251 Published: 01 August 1931

Sombart's die Drei Nationalokonomien

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(3), 517
Journal Article Sombart's Die Drei Nationalökonomien Get access J. M. Clark J. M. Clark Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 45, Issue 3, May 1931, Pages 517–521, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883902 Published: 01 May 1931

Florence's Statistical Method in Economics and Political Science

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(2), 347
Journal Article Florence's Statistical Method in Economics and Political Science Get access Z. Clark Dickinson Z. Clark Dickinson University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 1931, Pages 347–351, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885478 Published: 01 February 1931

The United States Copper Industry and the Tariff

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 46(1), 141
United States copper consumption increasing at a faster rate than production but not yet in excess of the latter, 142. — Apparent excess of consumption in 1930 due to decline in exports, 143. — Copper Exporters, Inc., organized in 1926, to regulate the foreign marketing of our copper, 145. — The Copper Institute, a trade association, formed in 1927, 146. — Prices rose to peak in April, 1929, were pegged at eighteen cents for a year, and fell below ten cents in October, 1930, 148. — Output restriction announced in November, 148. — Large potential new mine supply in next five years, 149. — Short-run outlook not bright, 151. — Long-run position sound, indicated by calculation of probable world demand in 1940 for primary copper, 152. — Conclusions as to future price, 154. — A tariff today would not help the industry, might in ten years, 155. — Real need is lower tariffs for United States and world, 156.

Economic Aspects of the Boulder Dam Project

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1931 45(2), 177
I. Complexity of the issues, 177. — II. The Colorado River Basin, 181; Interests of the Imperial Valley in the project, 181; Interests of Los Angeles and neighboring cities, 183. — III. Interests of the Upper-Basin States, 185; The Colorado River Compact, 188; Arizona's interests, 188. — IV. Cost estimates and other figures, 191. — V. Administrative aspects of the Boulder Dam project act, 192; Financial provisions of the act, 194. — VI. Contracts for the allocation of electrical power rights, 197; Comparison of costs of hydro-electric and steam-generated power, 200; Total financial cost to the Los Angeles area, 202. — VII. Fundamental questions. (1) Long-run economic expediency, 205; (2) Immediate economic expediency, 206; (3) Political expediency, 209; (4) The policy of federal enterprise in the power industry, 213; Conclusion, 216.