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The Controlled Distribution of a Crop among Independent Markets

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 51(1), 1
I. Importance of the problem, 1. — What marketing textbooks call "orderly distribution" not the principle to follow, 3. — Statistical price studies have done little to clarify the general principles involved, 5. — II. The principle of equalized marginal returns, 6. — III. Even or uneven sales from year to year, 9. — IV. Allocation of supplies between two independent markets, 13. — V. Allocation of supplies among several independent markets, 18. — VI. Discriminative marketing and the general welfare, 32. — VII. Conditions for maximum net returns, 37.

The Brookings Inquiry into Income Distribution and Progress

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(3), 476
Journal Article The Brookings Inquiry into Income Distribution and Progress Get access Arthur F. Burns Arthur F. Burns Rutgers University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Issue 3, May 1936, Pages 476–523, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882613 Published: 01 May 1936

The Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(2), 355
Journal Article The Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Get access E. A. J. Johnson E. A. J. Johnson Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 1936, Pages 355–366, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885029 Published: 01 February 1936

MacGregor's Enterprise Purpose and Profit

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(2), 367
Journal Article MacGregor's Enterprise Purpose and Profit1 Herbert von Beckerath Herbert von Beckerath University of North Carolina and Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 1936, Pages 367–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885030 Published: 01 February 1936

The English Milk Market

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(2), 275
Introduction, 275.— I. Economic and historical background, 276.— II. Relative effects on producers, consumers and distributors, 280.— III. Relative gains of different producer groups, 284.— IV. Problems of production control, 287.— V. Consumption and marketing, 292.— VI. Comparison with the A.A.A. dairy program, 294.

Prices and Wages at Paris under John Law's System

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 51(1), 42
Introduction, 42.—I. Economic conditions in France upon the death of Louis XIV, 43.—II. The General Bank and the Company of the West, 44.— III. The Royal Bank and the Company of the Indies, 47.— IV. Sources of price and wage statistics, 48.— V. Commodity prices, 50.— VI. Why prices rose, 62.— VII. Group price movements, 64.— VIII. Wages: money and real, 66.— IX. Comparison of prices at London, Madrid, Philadelphia, and Paris, 67.—X. Summary and Conclusions, 69.

Commons's Institutionalism in Relation to Problems of Social Evolution and Economic Planning

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(2), 333
Journal Article Commons's Institutionalism in Relation to Problems of Social Evolution and Economic Planning Get access Morris A. Copeland Morris A. Copeland University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 1936, Pages 333–346, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885027 Published: 01 February 1936

Collected Works of Carl Menger

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(4), 719
Journal Article Collected Works of Carl Menger Get access Alan R. Sweezy Alan R. Sweezy Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 50, Issue 4, August 1936, Pages 719–730, https://doi.org/10.2307/1891101 Published: 01 August 1936

Monopoly Power and Price Rigidities

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1936 50(3), 456
I. Some shortcomings of the usual explanations of price rigidities, 456.—The method of attack on the problem, 459.— II. The coexistence of monopoly power and rigid prices, 459.— III. The nature of the monopoly equilibrium and of the movement between positions of monopoly equilibrium as "causes" of rigidity, 463.— IV. The choice of rigid prices, as such, under conditions of monopoly power: 1. As an aid to oligopoly adjustment, 466; 2. As an aid to resale price maintenance, 468; 3. As result of the use of average costs in pricing, 470; 4. As result of monopoly inertia, 472. — V. Conclusions and bearing on public policy, 473.