Preliminary Pages [i-xii] |
Chapter |
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PART 1: Introduction |
1 |
The Task [1] |
2 |
The Method Used in this Study [6] |
3 |
The Sample [19] |
4 |
Historical Background [23] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |