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The Controlled Distribution of a Crop among Independent Markets

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  • Frederick V. Waugh
  • Edgar L. Burtis
  • A. F. Wolf

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I. Importance of the problem, 1. — What marketing textbooks call "orderly distribution" not the principle to follow, 3. — Statistical price studies have done little to clarify the general principles involved, 5. — II. The principle of equalized marginal returns, 6. — III. Even or uneven sales from year to year, 9. — IV. Allocation of supplies between two independent markets, 13. — V. Allocation of supplies among several independent markets, 18. — VI. Discriminative marketing and the general welfare, 32. — VII. Conditions for maximum net returns, 37.

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  • Frederick V. Waugh & Edgar L. Burtis & A. F. Wolf, 1936. "The Controlled Distribution of a Crop among Independent Markets," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 51(1), pages 1-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:51:y:1936:i:1:p:1-41.
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    1. Piggott, Roley R., 1975. "A Linear Programming Solution To Some Market Allocation Problems," Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 19(1), pages 1-11, April.
    2. Jeffrey T. LaFrance & Harry de Gorter, 1985. "Regulation in a Dynamic Market: The U.S. Dairy Industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 67(4), pages 821-832.
    3. Tomek, William G. & Robinson, Kenneth L., 1977. "PART V. Agricultural Price Analysis and Outlook," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337217, january.

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