Abstract
| Preliminary Pages [i-xii] | |
| Chapter | |
| PART 1: Introduction | |
| 1 | The Task [1] |
| 2 | The Method Used in this Study [6] |
| 3 | The Sample [19] |
| 4 | Historical Background [23] |
| PART 2: Pricing Procedures under Price Control | |
| 5 | Legal Direct Price Increases [32] |
| 6 | Illegal Direct Price Increases [38] |
| 7 | Indirect Price Increases: Quality Deterioration [51] |
| 8 | Reduction in Number and Size of Markdowns [65] |
| 9 | Uptrading: Shift to Better-Grade Merchandise [71] |
| 10 | Keeping Prices Stable [84] |
| 11 | Comparison of Pricing Procedures in Different Fields [91] |
| PART 3 Factors Favoring or Impeding Price Stability | |
| 12 | Type of Regulation [99] |
| 13 | Rationing as an Aid to Price Control [115] |
| 14 | The Role of the Market Structure [125] |
| 15 | Wartime Changes in Supply, Demand, Business Volume, and Profits [130] |
| 16 | Influence of Price Control on Demand [142] |
| 17 | Businessmen's Attitudes toward Price Control [157] |
| PART 4: Changes in the Relative Position of Different Firms | |
| 18 | Informal Rationing [174] |
| 19 | The Wholesale Trade [182] |
| 20 | Small vs. Large Firms [189] |
| 21 | Chains vs. Independent, Inexpensive vs. Expensive Firms [195] |
| 22 | Business Initiative under Price Control [203] |
| PART 5: Conclusions | |
| 23 | Interviewing as a Tool of Economic Research [209] |
| 24 | Toward an Appraisal of Price Control [215] |
| Appendices | |
| 1 | (To Chapter 2) The Questionnaires [225] |
| 2 | (To Chapter 3) The Sample [229] |
| 3 | (To Chapter 15) Sales and Profits [233] |
| Indexes: Index of Commodity Lines Discussed & General Index [242] | |
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Control
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CFM 9
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Publication Date
January 1945