Knowledge that Transforms

Journal Article Saving in Process Analysis Get access Oscar Lange Oscar Lange University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 53, Issue 4, August 1939, Pages 620–622, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883281 Published: 01 August 1939

Journal Article Saving and Investment: Definitions, Assumptions, Objectives Get access A. P. Lerner A. P. Lerner Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 53, Issue 4, August 1939, Pages 611–619, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883280 Published: 01 August 1939

Introduction: underlying concepts and assumptions, 562. — I. Pure Competition: specific taxes, 566; ad valorem taxes, 568; gross receipts taxes, 574; lump-sum taxes, 574; net returns taxes, 576. — II. Monopolistic Competition: specific taxes, 576; ad valorem taxes, 582; gross receipts taxes, 585; lump-sum taxes, 585; net returns taxes, 586. — A special case: one market competitive, one monopolistic, 586.

Atomistic competition, 535. — Wage-fixing activity: no employer discrimination. The open shop, 538; the closed shop, 543. — Employer discrimination: quantity discrimination, 545; price discrimination, 548; discrimination of both types, 550. — Recapitulation, 550. — Plural price of labor: demand and supply curves independent, 551; demand curves dependent, 556; demand and supply curves inter-related, 559.

Significant periods: transaction periods, 2; income periods, 3; plan adjustment periods, 5; equilibrium adjustment periods, 6. — The relevant income period, 7.— The length of the adjustment period, 11. — Marginal propensity to consume treated as a psychological factor, 13. — The lag of cumulative income, 16. — Schematic illustration, 17.— Analysis of the leakages, 17. — The leakage through imports, 21. — Dropping some assumptions: effective demand, 23; the state of confidence, 24; cost of production, 24; interest rates, 25. — Unpredictability of idle balances, 26.— Conclusion, 27.

Journal Article The Sulfuric Acid Industry Get access Emil R. Riegel Emil R. Riegel University of Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 53, Issue 2, February 1939, Pages 318–321, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882896 Published: 01 February 1939

Introduction: the problem, 491; the question of "depreciation, " 493; comparison with inconvertible paper, 494. — The theory of silver exchange, 495. — Theories of silver flow: the problem, 498; the "need for silver" analysis, 500; the balance of payments analysis, 501; the "silver a commodity" analysis, 502; Marshall's analysis, 503. — The "purchasing-power-parity" theory of silver flow, 506. — The mechanism of adjusting international balances under silver exchange, 510. — The theory of gold flow, 514. — Sectional price movements under silver exchange, 516. — Conclusion, 519.

Implications of Ideal Conditions, 286. — Entrepreneurial behavior with a given rate of interest, 287. — Individual behavior with a given rate of interest, 290. — The identity between Saving and Investment, 292. — The determination of the rate of interest, 295. — Distinguishable components of the process of capital growth, 296. — The assumption of perfect certainty, 297.

I. Legal background of resale price maintenance, 454.—Present status of price maintenance, 455.—II. Quasi-monopolistic position of "differentiated" product producers, 455.—The effect of "fair trade" legislation on retail prices of contract items, 457.—III. Underlying factors making possible an artificial price structure, 458.—IV. Comparison of nationally advertised drug prices with non-nationally advertised comparable items, 460.—Relative ignorance of consumers regarding substitute products, 462.—V. Effect of price maintenance legislation in California, 462.—VI. Evaluation of "fair trade" in contrast to "loss leader" legislation, 463.—Education of the consumer as an essential element for breaking "fixed prices, " 464.