I. Introduction, 232. — II. Supply and allocation of investment funds: deposits, 233; the three main portfolios, 237; the volume of mortgage lending, 245; factors influencing the allocation of funds, 248. — III. Mortgage interest rates, 256. — IV. Comparison with yields on other investments, 261. — V. Summary and conclusions, 264.
I. The trend toward plans: Gompers' attitude, 64; reasons for late development, 65; growth of current plans, 68. — II. Structure and characteristics of the plans: number in operation, 72; neglect of actuarial considerations, 73; methods of financing, 75; types of administration, 77; benefits and coverage, 80. — III. Implications and prospects: their function as stopgaps, 86; influence of union bargaining power and industrial stability, 87; relation to more comprehensive programs, 93.
Scope of the problem, 619. — A. Territorially defined jurisdiction, 619. — B. Jurisdiction defined by classification of work, 621. — C. Traveling employers, 627. — D. Traveling members, 630. — E. Threatened wage standards, 634. — F. Marginal workers, 636. — G. Missionary locals, 638.
The problem: price policy in markets neither completely independent nor completely interrelated, 95. — I. Under monopolistic competition: price interdependence, 97; product interdependence, 98; “advertising” interdependence, 99; limited vs. unlimited discrimination, 100; freedom from price interdependence, 101; ability to enforce price differentials, 103. — II. A classification of cases: importance of substitutability, 106; coefficient expressing the relationship, 107; summary table, 109; relative size of markets, 112; comparison with interdependence between firms, 113. — III. Relation to the theory of international trade: four groups of cases, 113; complete independence, 115; interdependence, 116.
I. The business and political situation in 1839, 605. — II. Early sales of postnotes and foreign exchange in the New York and Boston markets, 607; heavy drafts on the New York balances, 609; gathering difficulties in Europe, 609; suspension of the Bank of the United States, 611; the Rothschilds' assistance, 612. — III. Discussion of the episode by Biddle and others, 614; passing of financial primacy to Wall Street, 616; significance of the episode, 617.
Journal Article Multiple-Plant Firms: Comment Get access Wassily W. Leontief Wassily W. Leontief Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 61, Issue 4, August 1947, Pages 650–651, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885054 Published: 01 August 1947
I. The incentive argument for merit rating, 267. — Definitions, 268. — II. Monopoly profit before and after the imposition of contribution costs, 269. — Implications for forward shifting of contribution costs, 270. — III. Adequacy of profit reductions, 274. — Effect of different contribution rates upon a given monopolist, 274. — Effects of elasticities of demand and slopes of marginal cost functions, 276. — Conclusions, 283.
I. Scope of the paper, 397. — The credit market, 397. — Model A, 400. — Model B, 403. — Model C, 403. — Model D, 404. — Income lags, 405. — Ex-ante and ex-post concepts, 406. — The determinants of active savings, 409. — The determinants of depreciation allowances, 411. —The determinants of credit creation, 412, — Purchase and sale of securities, 412. — The demand side: new investment, 413; reinvestment, 414; cash holdings, 415. — Length of the elementary period, 417. — Keynes on the classical authors: savings, 418; net flow and gross flow, 420. — II. The markets for long and short credits, 423. — The demand for short credits, 424. — The supply of short credits, 425. — The demand for long credits, 426. — The supply of long credits, 426. — The cychcal behavior of interest rates, 427. — Interest rates in the principal countries: differences in level, 432; characteristics of movements, 432. — Econometric analysis, 433. — Interest rates and the price level, 434. — Physical determinants of the interest rate, 436. — Explaining the cyclical movement of interest rates, 437.
Importance of the problem, 206. — Congressional directives, 207. — General attitude of the Commission, 208. — Minimum rates and discrimination, 211. — Adequacy of revenue, 211. — Protection of the rate structure, 214. — Preservation of the advantages of particular modes of transport: the value standard, 220; particular agencies, 223; cost standards, 225. — Conclusions, 229.