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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.

Introduction: the problem, 406. — General character of cyclical tax policy: in booms, 409; in recessions, 411. — Certain measurable effects of federal taxation, 412. — Taxes tending to reduce consumer spending, 414. — The individual income tax, 415. — Estate and gift taxes, 417. — Corporation taxes, 417. — Other taxes, 418. — Implications of the federal tax ratio, 419. — State and local revenues, 423. — Further objection to the ratio, 425. — Importance of qualitative considerations, 426. — Alleged counterbalancing effects of public expenditures, 427. — Conclusions, 427.

Introduction: the problem studied, 385. — The cycle in yields of certain crops, 388. — Sunspots and the solar constant and the cycle in yield of cotton, 392. — Solar and sky radiation and the cycle in yields of cotton and apples, 396. — Reasons for the correlation observed, 398. — Misconceptions in earlier investigations, 403. — Summary and conclusions, 403.

Scope of the study, 231. — The adequacy of unemployment benefits, 233. — Nature of the labor market studied, 235. — Characteristics of the sample, 239. — Experience after benefit exhaustion, 244. — Limitations of the interview method, 250. — Summary and conclusions, 252.

Journal Article Welfare Economics and Rationing Get access M. W. Reder M. W. Reder New York City Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 57, Issue 1, November 1942, Pages 153–159, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881818 Published: 01 November 1942

I. Conditions in the tobacco industry, 606. — II. The TWIU before the First World War, 607; thereafter, 607. — III. Reasons for the Union's policy, 612. — IV. The problem of organizing the Negro workers, 613. — V. Development of a rival union, 615. — VI. The TWIU convention in 1939 and the developments preceding it, 618. — VII. The TWIU under the new administration, 622. — VIII. Reasons for the displacement of the old leaders, 625.

Journal Article Two Trials to Determine Expectation Models Applicable to Agriculture Get access T. W. Schultz, T. W. Schultz Iowa State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar O. H. Brownlee O. H. Brownlee Iowa State 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 487–496, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882212 Published: 01 May 1942

Journal Article The Bullion Report Reexamined Get access Frank Whitson Fetter Frank Whitson Fetter Haverpord College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 4, August 1942, Pages 655–665, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883415 Published: 01 August 1942