XV. TRADE DIVISION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. I. INTRODUCTION 3
5. II. RATE OF RETURN FOR ALL CORPORATIONS IN THE AGGREGATE 17
6. III. LINES OF INDUSTRY 34
7. IV. MANUFACTURING DIVISION 51
8. V. METAL MANUFACTURING 66
9. VI. MANUFACTURED FOODS 80
10. VII. CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 90
11. VIII. TEXTILES 102
12. IX. PRINTING AND PAPER GROUPS 114
13. X. FOREST PRODUCTS; STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 124
14. XI. LIQUORS, TOBACCO, LEATHER, RUBBER. MISCELLANEOUS 134
15. XII. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FOR MANUFACTURING 152
16. XIII. MINING DIVISION 163
17. XIV. AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION 174
18. XV. TRADE DIVISION 183
19. XVI. SERVICE DIVISION 197
20. XVII. PUBLIC UTILITIES 206
21. XVIII. FINANCE DIVISION 215
22. XIX. VARIATION OF RATE WITH SIZE 224
23. XX. CYCLICAL VARIATIONS IN RATE 235
24. XXI. INDUSTRIAL DIFFERENCES IN RATE 250
25. XXII. INVENTORY PROFITS 256
26. XXIII. THE ROLE OF DEBT 280
27. XXIV. VARIOUS INCOME-ACCOUNT ITEMS 306
28. XXV. RATE VARIATIONS WITHIN EACH SIZE CLASS 323
29. XXVI. TAX ESTIMATE 336
30. XXVII. EFFECTS OF CONSOLIDATED RETURNS 359
31. XXVIII. TECHNICAL POINTS 380
32. APPENDIX 395
33. INDEX 413