The decline of competition : A study of the evolution of American industry / by Arthur Robert Burns.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1936.Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 619 pages : illustrations, maps, tables ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.0973
LOC classification:
  • HC 103 .B83 1936
Partial contents:
Preface -- List of diagrams -- Chapter I: Competition in transition - Chapter II: The trade association and industrial institute - Chapter III: Price leadership - Chapter IV: Sharing the market - Chapter V: The stabilization of individual prices - Chapter VI: Price discrimination - Chapter VII: Price discrimination (continued) - Chapter VIII: Non-price competition - Chapter IX: The integration of industrial operations - Chapter X: Industrial policies under the National Industrial Recovery Act, 1933 - Chapter XI: The problem of social control: Objectives - Chapter XII: The problem of social control: Means -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "Commencing with the data available concerning the industries in which change has been most notable, I have sought to specify the causes underlying changes in market conditions and to draw conclusions concerning the manner in which the contemporary quasi-competitive, quasi-monopolistic industrial system is operating." -- [From the preface]
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection HC 103 .B83 1936 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19040013

Includes bibliographical references (591-604) and index.

Preface -- List of diagrams -- Chapter I: Competition in transition - Chapter II: The trade association and industrial institute - Chapter III: Price leadership - Chapter IV: Sharing the market - Chapter V: The stabilization of individual prices - Chapter VI: Price discrimination - Chapter VII: Price discrimination (continued) - Chapter VIII: Non-price competition - Chapter IX: The integration of industrial operations - Chapter X: Industrial policies under the National Industrial Recovery Act, 1933 - Chapter XI: The problem of social control: Objectives - Chapter XII: The problem of social control: Means -- Bibliography -- Index

"Commencing with the data available concerning the industries in which change has been most notable, I have sought to specify the causes underlying changes in market conditions and to draw conclusions concerning the manner in which the contemporary quasi-competitive, quasi-monopolistic industrial system is operating." -- [From the preface]

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