The Scale of Agricultural Production in the United StatesBlack, J. D.; Allen, R. H.; Negaard, O. A.
doi: 10.2307/1884413pmid: N/A
Summary Measures of size, 330. — Historical trends, 331. — Geographic differences in the size pattern, 334. — Size according to type of farming, 336. — Shifts between size groups, 339. — Proportion of total land and product in different size groups, 341. — Regional differences in concentration, 344. — Historical trends for selected counties, 348. — Hypotheses, 352. — How size of farms is determined, 355. — Variations in size with same area, 360. — Large-scale farming in the United States, 361. — The rôle of small and middle-sized farms, 366. —Summary of conclusions, 369. 1 This study was made with the help of funds made available through the Committee on Research in the Social Sciences of Harvard University. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Long Cycles in the Building IndustryLong, Clarence D.
doi: 10.2307/1884414pmid: N/A
Summary Nature and coverage of the data, 372. — The statistical technique, 375. — The timing of the cycles, 377. — Comparison with general business fluctuations, 380. — Causes of the differences, 381. — The duration of long cycles, 386. — The rôle of war, 387. — Factors responsible for cycles in American building, 388. — The severity of long cycles, 391. — Causes: the acceleration principle, 393; ready-made production, 394; high proportion of rigid and direct costs, 397; profits and the rate of interest, 400. — Summary, 402. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Executive Compensation Payments by Large and Small Industrial CompaniesBaker, John Calhoun
doi: 10.2307/1884415pmid: N/A
Summary The data, 404. — Definitions, 407. — Number of executives, 409. — Fluctuation in compensation, 409. — Executive compensation and earnings, 411. — Executive compensation and sales, 415. — Executive compensation, earnings and dividends, 420. — Dollar compensation of chief executives, 426. — Relationship of assets to dollar executive compensation, 428. — Bonus policies, 429. — Conclusions, 432. 1 The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to the Harvard University Committee on Research in the Trade Cycle for a grant of money which enabled him to pursue the research on which a part of this article is based. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Administration of Federal Range LandsClawson, Marion
doi: 10.2307/1884416pmid: N/A
Summary I. Introduction; general goals of policy, 435. — II. Nature of public range lands, economic interrelationships with private lands, extent and location, trends in use, 438. — III. Land relationships, commensurability, dependency, 443. — IV. Regulations as to ownership of land, transfer of permits, maximum limits, grazing fees and capitalizable value of forage, special problems in year-round grazing area, 445. — V. General conclusions, retention of commensurability, stability of permits, abandonment of unnecessary regulations, removal of inequalities by revision of grazing fees and land charges, 449. 1 The conclusions reached in this paper are the outgrowth of work done by the author as a member of the staff of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, in projects carried on in co-operation with the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and with the Division of Grazing of the Interior Department. For the conclusions he alone is responsible; they do not in all cases meet the approval of the agencies involved. Appreciation is hereby extended to many Westerners with whom the author has discussed these various points, and particularly to P. V. Woodhead and H. E. Schwan of the Forest Service, to F. R. Carpenter, formerly Director of Grazing, to R. T. Burdick of Colorado State Agricultural College, and to Neil W. Johnson, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Maintenance of Resale Prices by ManufacturersCassady, Ralph
doi: 10.2307/1884417pmid: N/A
Summary I. Legal background of resale price maintenance, 454.—Present status of price maintenance, 455.—II. Quasi-monopolistic position of “differentiated” product producers, 455.—The effect of “fair trade” legislation on retail prices of contract items, 457.—III. Underlying factors making possible an artificial price structure, 458.—IV. Comparison of nationally advertised drug prices with non-nationally advertised comparable items, 460.—Relative ignorance of consumers regarding substitute products, 462.—V. Effect of price maintenance legislation in California, 462.—VI. Evaluation of “fair trade” in contrast to “loss leader” legislation, 463.—Education of the consumer as an essential element for breaking “fixed prices,” 464. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Hereditary Land in the Third ReichGalbraith, J. K.
doi: 10.2307/1884418pmid: N/A
Summary I. Provisions of the Reichserbhofgesetz, 465.—Amendments and modifications, 467.—II. Motives underlying the law: improving the immediate condition of the farmer, 467.—III. Social or national objectives: checking subdivision of farm properties, 469; establishment of a rural caste, 470; protection to the rural birthrate, 471.—IV. Effects of the law, 472. — The problem of new farm financing, 473.—Destruction of property values, 474. — Check to progress of landless toward land ownership, 475.—V. General conclusions, 476. 1 Material for this paper was collected during the summer of 1938, while the writer was a Social Science Research Council Fellow. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Social Cost of Bad DebtGraue, Erwin
doi: 10.2307/1884419pmid: N/A
Summary The problem and the data, 477.—Organic vs. inorganic changes, 479.—Bankruptcy liabilities, 1900–21, 479.—Bankruptcy liabilities, 1922–29, 481.—The economic setting of the period, 482.—Comparison between debt and trends of other economic factors, 483.—Difficulties facing creditors, 483.—Conclusions, 485. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1938–39, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Recent Publicationsdoi: 10.1093/qje/53.3.487pmid: N/A
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