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I. Comparison of the Italian system with earlier arbitration schemes, 456. — II. Decisions handed down in the judicial type of collective labor dispute, 458.— III. Decisions in the economic type of dispute: rice washers, 461; sailors' wages, 463; rice field workers, 464; rice washers, 465; farm laborers in Rovigo, 467; steamship officers, 468; the silk industry, 469.— IV. Paucity of decisions, 472. — Satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects of the courts' structure and procedure, 472. Evaluation of their services, 473.

Costs calculated in terms of probability, 69. — Deriving particular specifications of supply from given probabilities of cost: initial conclusions, 71. — More complex conditions: dispersion and skewness of cost expectations, 74; variations in dispersion, 78; in skewness, 85; in both, 86. — Influence of dispersion and skewness on monopoly, 86. — "Marginal probability of net revenue, " and "marginal production risk, " 87. — Conclusions, 88.

Journal Article The Scope of the Theory of International Trade under Monopolistic Competition Get access Donald B. Marsh Donald B. Marsh Barnard College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 3, May 1942, Pages 475–486, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882211 Published: 01 May 1942

Introduction, 507. — State acts modeled on the National Act: fundamental provisions, 508; peculiar details, 510; jurisdiction, 512. — Operation of the boards under these acts: Utah, 513; Massachusetts, 514; Pennsylvania, 517; New York, 518; Wisconsin, 525; Rhode Island, 532. — The acts of 1938 and 1939 and the amendments of 1939: the change of trend, 532; Oregon, 534; Michigan, 536; Minnesota, 538; Pennsylvania, 542; Wisconsin, 545. — Conclusions, 556.

Development of the different branches of the industry during the period, 430. — I. Classification of establishments, 433. — II. Analysis of charters granted, 435. —III. The control of competition, 437. — Encouragement of new industries, 437. — IV. Later changes in the state's attitude toward monopoly privileges, 439. — V. Regulations not stipulated in charters, 443. — VI. Restrictions on procurement of raw materials, 444. — VII. Maintenance of order between employers and employees, 446. — Special privileges of glass workers, 447. — VIII. Marketing of finished glassware, 449. — IX. Tariffs, excises, etc., 451. — X. Conclusions, 452. —

Journal Article The Coöperative One-Half of One Per Cent Get access Lincoln Clark Lincoln Clark University of Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 2, February 1942, Pages 321–331, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881935 Published: 01 February 1942

Journal Article Direct Investments, Terms of Trade, and Balance of Payments Get access Erich Schiff Erich Schiff Washington, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 2, February 1942, Pages 307–320, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881934 Published: 01 February 1942

I. General characteristics of the potash industry, 31.— II. The industry's demand curve: relationship between potash prices and mixed fertilizer prices, 32; elasticity of the demand for fertilizer, 34; elasticity of the demand for potash, 42. — III. Nature of the supply: few sellers, 43; formally free entry, 43; no exit from the industry without loss, 47. — IV. History of potash prices in the United States: base prices (prices at the ports), 48; the basing point system of pricing, 53. — V. The individual demand curve, 55. — VI. The effects of oligopoly: profits and expanding capacity, 60. — VII. Conclusions, 67.