I. Introduction. 667. — II. The history of the coffee industry, 671; a demand curve for coffee, 1875–1918, 675. — III. The tea industry, 678; derivation of curves, 680; their validity, 684. — IV. Conclusion, 685.

Journal Article Demand Curves by Personal Estimate Get access Elizabeth Waterman Gilboy Elizabeth Waterman Gilboy Harvard University, Committee on Economic Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 46, Issue 2, February 1932, Pages 376–384, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883236 Published: 01 February 1932

I. Introduction — theoretical basis for deriving demand curves, 671. — II. Dealers' demand for butter, 675. — Final consumers' demand for butter, 681. — The part played by storage, 686. — III. Dealers' demand for milk, 690. — Elasticity, 693. — Shifting, 694. — Conclusion, a simple method for determining demand under certain conditions, 696.

I. The technique of the Schultz and Leontief methods, 219. — II. The logic of the methods, 223. — III. Application of both methods to price-quantity data for coffee, 232; copper, 237; sugar, 240. — IV. English import and export indexes, 242. — V. Comparison of the results of these experiments, 253. — VI. Criticism of the Leontief and Schultz logic, 255. — Conclusion, 260.

I. The use of theory in the interpretation of statistical demand curves, 601. — II. The equilibrium analysis; its assumptions; the difficulties of applying it to statistical curves, 603. — III. Dynamic curves interpreted with the time element left in, as (a) paths of equilibrium, on the basis of the equilibrium analysis; (b) moving schedules, with different assumptions. Marshall's view, 608. — IV. A possible application of the static analysis; all time elements eliminated from the statistical curves; Moore's curves and their meaning; dynamic curves not demand curves in the orthodox sense; the concept of elasticity not applicable to such curves; present statistical curves neither dynamic nor static; not to be interpreted in terms of orthodox theory, 614.