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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 34 No. 1 1919

Price Fixing and the Theory of Profit

Kemper Simpson

Federal Trade Commission

Abstract

I. Variety of purposes of the price-fixing agencies, 138. — Methods of price fixing, 140. — II. Cost method of price fixing, 142. — Accountant's cost of production, 144. — Use of the accountant's cost in price fixing, 145. — Profit as the margin above cost, 150. — III. Development of the theory of profit, 151. — Explanation of and justification for profit, 155. — Relation of the theory of profit to price fixing, 159. — IV. Conclusions, 160.

DOI
10.2307/1884491
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
138
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