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Relation of Profit Rate to Industry Concentration: American Manufacturing, 1936-1940

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1951 65(3), 293
I. The concentration-profits hypothesis, 294. — II. Industry definition, measure of concentration, and selection of sample, 297. — III. Character and limitations of profit data, 305. — IV. Calculation of accounting profit rates, 310. — V. Association of industry profit rates and concentration, 311. — VI. Association of firm profit rates and industry concentration, 317. — VII. Association of profit rates with other determinants, 321. — VIII. Summary, 323.

Output Quotas in Imperfect Cartels

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1948 62(4), 617
Journal Article Output Quotas in Imperfect Cartels Get access Joe S. Bain Joe S. Bain University of California, Berkeley, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 62, Issue 4, August 1948, Pages 617–622, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881769 Published: 01 August 1948

Market Classifications in Modern Price Theory

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1942 56(4), 560
Three elements in price theory, 560. — Shortcomings of contemporary price theory: the Robinsonian theory, 562; the Chamberlinian theory, 565. — Neglected market characteristics, 568. — Suggested classification of markets, 569. — Comment on such classifications, 572. — Suggested lines of development, 574.

The Profit Rate as a Measure of Monopoly Power

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1941 55(2), 271
The meaning of monopoly, 271. — The problem of measurement, 272. — Theoretical excess profits as indicators of monopoly, 273. — The problem of defining the rate of excess profit, 275. — Definition of the rate for a short fiscal period, 277. — The quantity of assets which a competitive firm will hold, 281. — The relation of the accounting to the theoretical rate of profit, 289. — The accounting profit rate as a measure of monopoly power, 291.

Depression Pricing and the Depreciation Function

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1937 51(4), 705
Journal Article Depression Pricing and the Depreciation Function Get access Joe S. Bain Joe S. Bain Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 51, Issue 4, August 1937, Pages 705–715, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881687 Published: 01 August 1937