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The Teaching of Economics in Public High Schools

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 54(3), 502
Scope of the study, 502. — Schools offering such courses, 503. — Enrollment, 503. — The teachers: training, 504; publication, 505; professional affiliations, 505; experience, 506; salaries, 506. — "Controversial topics, " 506. — Relation to remainder of the curriculum, 507. — Growth in recent years and causes thereof, 508. — Control of instruction, 509. — Time devoted to subject, 509. — Size of classes, 510. — Correlation with other social studies, 510. — Texts used, 511. — Teaching methods, 513. — Coördination with neighboring colleges, 516. — Conclusions and proposals for improvement, 516.

The Use of the Short-Cut Graphic Method of Multiple Correlation: Rejoinder

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 54(2), 346
Journal Article Rejoinder Get access John D. Black, John D. Black Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wilfred Malenbaum Wilfred Malenbaum Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, February 1940, Pages 346–358, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883342 Published: 01 February 1940

Elasticity of Demand and Social Welfare

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 54(2), 217
Scope of the paper, 217.— I. Elasticities of demand usually obtained by methods which are open to two objections: the time element, 218; data are for markets, 218.— A possible way out, 219.— Data available and method to be used, 220.— II. Coefficients for various commodities, 221.— Substitution, 221.— Relation to income, 224.— III. Spread of consumption around the averages, 225.— IV. Inferences concerning the desirability of price reductions, 229.

The Incidence of Sales Taxes: A Note on Methodology

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 54(4 Part 1), 665-672
The Incidence of Sales Taxes: A Note on Methodology Get access Benjamin Higgins Benjamin Higgins Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 54, Issue 4_Part_1, August 1940, Pages 665–672, https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/54.4_Part_1.665 Published: 01 August 1940

"Full Utilization," Equilibrium, and the Expansion of Production

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1940 54(4 Part 1), 539-565
I. The problem, 539. — II. The utilization of productive resources in a static equilibrium economy: (1) The formal theory of prices and price-margins in an equilibrium economy, 542; (2) Static equilibrium and continuity, 545; (3) The meaning of “full utilization” in a static equilibrium economy, 547. — III. The determinants of margins in a static equilibrium economy: (1) The limiting power of the strategic factor, 550; (2) Real costs as determinant of margins of utilization, 552; (3) Institutional limitations on the utilization of resources, 554; (4) The monetary supply as the limiting factor, 556. — IV. The expansion of production without increase of the supply of money: (1) Through saving of monetary income, 558; (2) Through technological improvement, 560. — V. Expansion of production with increase in the monetary supply, 561. — Overcoming inflated price-resistances, 562. — Effect of reduction in the interest rate, 564. — Conclusion, 564.