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Gasoline Prices as Affected by Interlocking Stock ownership and Joint Cost

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1917 31(4), 635
I. Gasoline prices and profits, 636. — II. Dominant position of Standard companies, 638. — Interlocking stock, 639. — Price inequalities, 640. — Dissolution not effective, 641. — III. Remedies proposed, 642. — Prohibition of interlocking stockownership, 643. — Segregation of pipe lines, 645. — Publicity of statistics, 646. — Standardization of product, 647. — IV. Prices and joint cost, 648. — Methods of computing cost, 648. — Dangers from joint cost, 652. — Reasonable price, 653.

Joint Costs With Especial Regard to Railways

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1916 30(2), 233
Introductory: Pigou's theory of joint cost, 233. — I. Joint cost defined and analyzed. (1) Different utilities. Difference in utility capacity, 234; in market, 236. — Difference in utility means difference in assigning costs, hence discrimination, 236. — Difference in market may make joint expense in case of single commodities, 237. — (2) Necessity of common dependence on same expense. Physical v. economic necessity, 238. — Primary and secondary jointness, 239. — Mixed primary and secondary jointness, 240. — Wide range of necessary joint production, 241. — (3) No direct relation between expense and output, 242. — Constant and variable joint expenses, 243. — Vahdity of this distinction; overworked marginal analysis, 243. — II. Conclusions: (a) Complexity of the joint-cost concept, 245. — (b) Expediency of broad definition, 246. — (c) Relation between joint cost and monopoly as causes of discrimination, 247. — Suggestions for rate regulation, 249.

The Social Point of View in Economics

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1914 28(2), 292
I. "Public point of view" v. "social point of view, " 293. — II. Value and the social point of view, 294. — Relativity of value, 296. — Relation to exchange, 297. — Determination of value, 299. — Market v. normal value, 303. — Elasticity of demand, 305. — III. Wealth and the social point of view, 306. — The definition of wealth, 308. — IV. Production and capital from the social point of view, 310. — The individualist's concept of production, 311. — False assumptions concerning society, 312. — The "entrepreneur viewpoint, " 314. — The technological basis of production, 316. — V. The scientific character of the social-individual point of view, 319.

The Social Point of View in Economics

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1913 28(1), 115
I. Importance of the distinction between individual and social points of view, 115. — II. General meaning of the social point of view, 121. — 1. What is society? 121. — (1) Social-contract theory, 122. — (2) Social-organism theory, 123. — (3) Common-consciousness theory, 126. — (4) Conscious-commonness theory, 128. — 2. The application of the concept of society, 132. — (1) Society as a whole, 133. — (2) The social individual, 133. — III. The special meaning of the social point of view in economics, 136.

Rent and Price: "Alternative Use" and "Scarcity Value"

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1910 25(1), 119
I. The “alternative use” idea, 119. — A value or price notion, 120. — Assumes distinct land-use groups and margins, 121. — II. Its alternative-utility aspect, 121. — Not significant as a long-time factor, 122. — Limited significance as a short-time factor, 123. — Classification of land utilities, 124. — III. The alternative-supply aspect, 126. — Limitations, general and particular, 126. — Costs, 127. — Return to value view-point and net utility, 128. — Effect of unequal wealth distribution, 129. — IV. The relation of “alternative uses” to rent, 130. — Not causal or determinative, 130. — Some practical considerations, 131. — V. Mill's treatment of “scarcity value” and rent, 132. — Overlooks the significance of the intensive margin, 135. — Loose use of terms, 137.