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Reciprocity with Canada. The Canadian Viewpoint

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(4), 574
The reciprocity agreement of 1911, 574. — Its rejection by Canada, 578. — Reciprocity and the Underwood tariff, 582. — Canadian tariff amendments, 1911–20, 582. — The trade between the two countries, 1910–20, 585. — The present status of reciprocity in Canada, 588. — Conclusions, 591.

Fundamental Problems of Federal Income Taxation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(4), 527
The problem: what is the sound and enduring solution of the tax problem? I. The surtaxes. (1) The surtaxes excessive. Their declining yield, 529. — (2) Tax-free securities, 530. — (3) Can the leaks be stopped, 532. — (4) Tax morality, 536. — (5) Theory of surtaxes, 537. — (6) The scientific solution, 539. — The immediate solution, 540. — II. Income taxes on corporations and business. (8) The income tax as a producer's or business tax, 541. — (9) Relation between personal and business income taxes, 542. — (10) The proposed corporation surtax, 544. — III. Basis of the Business Tax, 548. — (11) Shifting, 548. — (12) Simplicity versus equity, 551.

A Statistical Test of the Success of Consolidations

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 36(1), 84
Nature of the study, 84. — Underlying assumptions of the study, 86. — I. Previous earnings of the representative consolidation compared with actual earnings, 90. — II. Estimated earnings of the representative consolidation compared with actual earnings, 91. — III. First-year earnings of the representative consolidation compared with later earnings, 93. — Table of fundamental data, 95.

Acissitudes in the Shipping Trade, 1870-1920

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(4), 603
Vicissitudes in the Shipping Trade, 1870–1920 Get access E. S. Gregg E. S. Gregg New York City Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 1921, Pages 603–617, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882428 Published: 01 August 1921

Charles Rist on Germany's War Finances

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 36(1), 136
Journal Article Charles Rist on Germany's War Finances Get access Joseph S. Davis Joseph S. Davis Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 1, November 1921, Pages 136–144, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883782 Published: 01 November 1921

Should The Excess Profits Tax be Repealed

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1921 35(3), 363
I. Theory and practise of the excess profits tax, 364.—II. Reasons for immediate repeal, 369. — 1. Prevailing opinion, 369. — 2. The income tax endangered, 370. — 3. Danger of administrative collapse, 371. — 4. "Invested capital" an insoluble problem, 374. — III. Theory of the present law: invested capital, 376. — The Excess Profits Credit, 380. — The Personal Equation, 384. — Borrowed capital, 385. — IV. Can the tax be perfected? Administrative discretion, 386. — Pre-war profits, 388. — True normal deduction, 389. — Scope of the tax, 390. — Future of the tax, 392.