Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 45 No. 2 1931
A Neglected Phase of Tariff Controversy
Abstract
I. The Australian Tariff Committee's report and free trade theory, 289. — The expansion of primary production, 290. — The tariff and the growth of population in Australia, 293. — II. Marshall's doctrine of increasing and decreasing returns, 295. — The tariff and land values, 296. — The tariff as a method of reducing the severity of decreasing returns, 297. — III. Patten's case for protection, 299. — The conditions necessary for its application, 302. — IV. The limits of economic protection, 305. — V. The expediency of the tariff as a method of subsidizing industry, 306.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1885476
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 289
- Sources
- openalex crossref