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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 52 No. 1 1937

The Theory of Marginal Productivity Tested by Data for Manufacturing in Victoria, I

Marjorie L. Handsaker1; Paul H. Douglas2

1 Seattle University · 2 University of Chicago

Abstract

I. The method and earlier applications of it, 1.— Scope of the present study, 5.— Differences between Victorian and American industry, 5.— II. The index of production: method and sources, 6; its movements during the period, 18.— III. The index of labor: method and sources, 19; comparison with index of production, 21. IV. The index of capital: method and sources, 21. — V. The equation of production, 24. — VI. Comparison of the computed and actual indexes of production, 25.— Analysis of the divergences of P′ from P, 29.— Comparison of the trends, 32.— Deviations from the trends, 33.

DOI
10.2307/1884498
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
1
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