Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 60 No. 4 1946
Reflections on Price Control
Abstract
Introduction, 475.—I. Prewar undervaluation of price control by economists as an instrument of emergency policy, 476. — II. Relation of market structure to informal rationing by the seller, 478. — III. Relation of market structure to enforcement, 480. — IV. Price inflexibility as an aid to price control, 481.—V. Conventional pricing as a further aid, 483. — VI. The period of grace between price-fixing and shortage, 484. — VII. Constant and decreasing costs in relation to price control, 485. — VIII. Concluding disclaimer, and comment on administration, 488.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1885144
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 475
- Sources
- openalex crossref