The Concept of UnemploymentLong, Clarence, D.
doi: 10.2307/1881811pmid: N/A
Summary Present status of the concept of unemployment, 1. — Willingness to work: gross and net unemployment, 7; statistical indications for 1940, 11. — Employability: marginal employables, 13; legal unemployables, 14; cumulative unemployment, 15; institutional unemployables, 18. — Suppressed unemployment: part-time unemployment of wage workers, 19; part-time unemployment of non-wage earners, 20; unproductive employment, 20; statistical estimates, 21. — Summary of statistical approximations, 25. — Recommendations for improving current estimates, 27. — Conclusion, 28. 1 " This article was written with the support of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a research grant from Wesleyan University, and a membership in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. My thanks are due to Susanna Long, my wife, and Marjorie S. Belcher, my research assistant, for their careful aid. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Potash Prices and CompetitionHayes, Samuel P.
doi: 10.2307/1881812pmid: N/A
Summary I. General characteristics of the potash industry, 31.— II. The industry's demand curve: relationship between potash prices and mixed fertilizer prices, 32; elasticity of the demand for fertilizer, 34; elasticity of the demand for potash, 42. — III. Nature of the supply: few sellers, 43; formally free entry, 43; no exit from the industry without loss, 47. — IV. History of potash prices in the United States: base prices (prices at the ports), 48; the basing point system of pricing, 53. — V. The individual demand curve, 55. — VI. The effects of oligopoly: profits and expanding capacity, 60. — VII. Conclusions, 67. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Production and the Probabilities of CostNichol, A. J.
doi: 10.2307/1881813pmid: N/A
Summary Costs calculated in terms of probability, 69. — Deriving particular specifications of supply from given probabilities of cost: initial conclusions, 71. — More complex conditions: dispersion and skewness of cost expectations, 74; variations in dispersion, 78; in skewness, 85; in both, 86. — Influence of dispersion and skewness on monopoly, 86. — “Marginal probability of net revenue,” and “marginal production risk,” 87. — Conclusions, 88. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Transport Development and Building CyclesIsard, Walter
doi: 10.2307/1881814pmid: N/A
Summary Introduction, 90. — I. Innovations in transport technology and geographic location, 91. — Effect upon population movements, 93. — Upon building, 93.— The timing of innovations in transportation, 94. — Influence of rate structures, 95. — Effects upon consumer behavior, 96. — Influence of monetary conditions, 97. — II. Character of the statistical data, 98. — Six cycles in building and in transport development revealed, 101. —III. The impact of transport development upon building in Ohicago,107. — IV. Implications for future transport developments and building booms, 111. 1 I am indebted to Professors A. P. Usher and A. H. Hansen for many helpful criticisms and suggestions. Of course they are not to be held responsible for any weaknesses of the argument. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Behavior of Money National Income Under Inflationary ConditionsSmithies, A.
doi: 10.2307/1881815pmid: N/A
Summary The problem, 113. — Definitions and assumptions, 114. — The Keynesian method: the upper limit, 115; the speed, 119; the influence of exogenous factors, 120. — The Tinbergian method: the question of limit, 121; of speed, 125. — Numerical example, 126. — Conclusion, 127. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Employment Stabilization Through Pay Roll TaxationPribram, Karl
doi: 10.2307/1881817pmid: N/A
1 Although the author was a member of the staff of the Social Security Board when this article was prepared, the article does not necessarily reflect the official view of the Board. Any statements which it contains are made on the responsibility of the author alone. Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Welfare Economics and RationingReder, M. W.
doi: 10.2307/1881818pmid: N/A
1 The author is indebted to Prof. Oscar Lange for reading this manuscript and to Mr. Lawrence Reder who drew the diagrams. Neither is in any way resonsible for errors of analysis which may be detected. Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Recent Publicationsdoi: 10.1093/qje/57.1.163pmid: N/A
Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1942–1943, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College