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Tariff Aspects of a Federal Union

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 56(1), 49
I. Introduction: federal unions and customs unions, 49. — II. Long-run economic consequences, 51. — Revenue tariff, 54. — Moderate protection, 61. — Extreme protection, 64. — Tentative conclusions: conditions making for economic gain by country granting preferential tariff reductions, 66; economic benefits may be reduced or cancelled by policy of self-sufficiency, 70. — III. Transitional economic problems: Streit's proposal, 71; Meade's suggestions, 74; Salter's plan, 75; regional groups, 76; formula to assure permanent gain, 79. — IV. The most-favored nation clause, 80. — V. The tariff authority, 88. — VI. Conclusions, 91.

Wages and Hours in Consumers' Cooperatives in Great Britain and the United States

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(2), 294
Journal Article Wages and Hours in Consumers' Cooperatives in Great Britain and the United States Get access Glenn W. Miller Glenn W. Miller Ohio State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 55, Issue 2, February 1941, Pages 294–305, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882063 Published: 01 February 1941

The Meaning of "Price Policy"

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(2), 175
Emergence of the term "price policy, " 175. — Institutionalism and price behavior, 176. — Price behavior and determinism, 181. — Policy as rationalistic innovation, 185. — Price policy and business strategy, 190. — Price policy and commercial tactics, 193. — Scope and method of business price policy studies, 195. — Relation of business price policy to public policy, 201. — Price policy, economic planning, and institutional redesigning, 203.

Real and Money Wage Rates: A Reply

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(4), 683
Journal Article Real and Money Wage Rates—A Reply Get access John T. Dunlop John T. Dunlop Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 55, Issue 4, August 1941, Pages 683–691, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884124 Published: 01 August 1941

The Production Function for Australian Manufacturing

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 56(1), 108
I. The production function, 108. — II. What the variables represent, 112. — III. The years and industries selected for study, 113. — IV. Statistical argument, 116. — V. Results for the four years, 117. — VI. Discussion of the model, 118. — VII. Comparison with the results of earlier work, 120. — VIII. (1) Comparison of observed and computed product, 121. — (2) Comparison of k and W/P, 125. — (3) Elasticity of demand for labor, 127. — IX. Conclusion, 128.

Invariable Classical Stability of Entrepreneurial Demand and Supply Functions

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 56(1), 134
Journal Article Invariable Classical Stability of Entrepreneurial Demand and Supply Functions Get access Louis M. Court Louis M. Court The University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 1_Part_1, November 1941, Pages 134–144, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883033 Published: 01 November 1941

Regional Differences in Costs and Productivity in the American Cotton Manufacturing Industry, 1880-1910

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(4), 533
I. Introductory. Concept of the "region, " 533.— II. Labor cost per unit of labor and per unit of product, 536.—III. Regional differences in wages, 537. — Gratuities and payments in kind, 542. — Real wages, 544. — IV. The supply of labor, 545.—Legislative and other restrictions, 548.—V. Differences in productivity, 552. — Spinners and weavers, 558. — VI. Conclusions, 564.

The Technological Argument of the Stagnation Thesis

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(4), 638
I. Why the marginal efficiency of capital tends to be low in "mature" economies, according to the stagnation doctrine: less room for extensive growth, 638; institutional rigidities, 639; technological and organizational factors, 640.—II. "Deepening" vs. "widening" of capital during the 'twenties, 642. — Grounds for holding that innovations during the nineteenth century led to a considerable "deepening" of capital, 646. — Further criticism of the technological argument, 648. — Conclusions, 651.

International Trade Under Imperfect Competition

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(4), 567
Nature and scope of the problem, 567. — I. The decreasing cost factor, 569. — II. Imperfect substitutability, 573. — Two types of additional demand for imports, 574. — Three types of product differentiation: differences in the products themselves, 575; differences in the location of producers, 579; customer inertia, 579. — III. Incurring costs to influence demand, 580. Summary of conclusions, 581.