The theory that business profits, in the long run, tend towards equality between different industries is qualified by the admission that, at any given time, variations exist. Such variations in 108 industries are examined for the year 1917. — I. Source of the data: Treasury tax returns for 26, 477 corporations, 242. — II. Variation in the earnings of these different industries and trades, and in eleven major groups of industries into which they fall, 243. — III. Range between individual firms within given industries and groups, 253. — IV. Variations in the average invested capitals per corporation, 259. — V. Earnings of the largest corporations, 261. — VI. Effect of taxation on profits. Summary, 264.

Journal Article Two Books on Agriculture Get access John Ise John Ise University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 4, August 1925, Pages 635–643, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883269 Published: 01 August 1925