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The Basing point System
1949
by
Machlup
Fritz Machlup
Monopoly
Competition
Cartels
Economic Efficiency
Price Controls
Jacob Viner
Liberalism
Oligopoly
Speculation
Perfect Competition
Supply and Demand
Adam Smith
Coercion
Legal Theory
Elasticity of Demand
Monopolistic Competition
Dumping
Economies of Scale
International Trade
Opportunity Cost
Comparative Advantage
Price Stability
Price Level
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Joseph Schumpeter
Federalism
Labor Mobility
Table of Contents · 67 segments
1
Front Matter and Preface
chapter
2
Table of Contents
chapter
3
Chapter 1: Introduction - The Legal and Political Context
chapter
4
Definitions and Pricing Distinctions
chapter
5
The Mechanics of Single and Multiple Basing-Point Systems
chapter
6
Plenary Systems and the Nature of Basing-Point Cartels
chapter
7
Price Discrimination and Oppression
chapter
8
Appendix to Chapter 1: An Exercise in Basing-point Mechanics
chapter
9
Chapter 2: A Problem of Business, Law, Economics, and Politics
chapter
10
The Ethics of Business: Oppressing or Killing the Rival
theoretical
11
Collusion, Coöperation, and the Will to Compete
theoretical
12
The Uncertainty of Law and the Ethics of Law Violations
theoretical
13
The Ethics of Restraint of Competition
theoretical
14
The Indecision of Law: Legal Issues and Chronology
theoretical
15
The Speculations of Economics: Expert Witnesses and Value Judgments
theoretical
16
The Ways of Politics: Legislative Pressure and the Capehart Committee
theoretical
17
Political Strategy: Helping Small Business and Pledging Support to Antitrust
theoretical
18
Chapter 3: Three Case Histories: Steel, Cement, Corn Products
chapter
19
Chapter 4: The Monopolistic Nature of Basing-point Pricing
chapter
20
The Fallacy of Perfect Market Price Uniformity
theoretical
21
Judicial Interpretation and the Supply and Demand Defense
theoretical
22
Market Interpenetration and the Myth of Local Monopolies
theoretical
23
Evaluating Price Competition: New Basing-Points and Deviations
theoretical
24
Natural Evolution and Oligopolistic Coordination
theoretical
25
Open-Price Systems and Coöperative Compliance Mechanisms
theoretical
26
The Role of Freight Rate Services and Price Leadership
theoretical
27
Price Leadership and the Natural Evolution Argument
theoretical
28
Enforcement of Obedient Followership and Punitive Basing-Points
theoretical
29
The Relationship Between Leaders, Followers, and the System
theoretical
30
Refutation of Natural Evolution and Judicial Recognition of Collusion
theoretical
31
Chapter 5: The Discriminatory Nature of Basing-point Pricing
chapter
32
Refusal to Sell F.O.B. Mill and Diversion of Shipments
theoretical
33
Discriminatory Non-Discrimination and the Meaning of Competition
theoretical
34
Meeting Competition in Good Faith and Legal Rulings
theoretical
35
Variations in Mill Net Prices: Base vs. Non-Base Mills
theoretical
36
The Futility of Outlawing Phantom Freight Alone
theoretical
37
The Favored and the Harmed: Regional Inequity
theoretical
38
Discrimination Against 'Western' Customers and Industrial Retardation
theoretical
39
Domination Through Local Price Discrimination
theoretical
40
The Streamlined Model of Oppression
theoretical
41
Technological Efficiency vs. Systemic Power
theoretical
42
Arithmetical Illustration of Market Interpenetration
theoretical
43
The Strategic Interests of the Giant Firm
theoretical
44
A Roman Peace: The Social Psychology of the Cartel
theoretical
45
Classifying Types of Geographic Price Discrimination
theoretical
46
Discrimination to Limit Competition Among Customers
theoretical
47
Noncollusive Discrimination: Free Delivery and Dumping
theoretical
48
Exploiting Demand Elasticities and Oligopolistic Competition
theoretical
49
Counter-Discrimination: Secret Price Cuts
theoretical
50
Chapter 6: The Economic Consequences: Competition, Transportation Costs, Prices
chapter
51
The Degree of Competition and Independence in Price Making
theoretical
52
Ruinous Competition and Wastes in Transportation
theoretical
53
Measuring Cross-Hauling and Suppressed Production
theoretical
54
Expensive Transportation and Price Flexibility
theoretical
55
Geographic Price Structure and Long-Run Price Levels
theoretical
56
Chapter 7: Control, Utilization, Expansion, and Location of Capacity
chapter
57
Concentration and the 'Umbrella' Theory of Growth
theoretical
58
Concentrated Control Through Decentralized Production
theoretical
59
Mergers, New Entries, and Capacity Utilization
theoretical
60
The Pure Theory of Discriminating Monopoly and Output Volume
theoretical
61
Analysis of Four Cases of Geographic Price Discrimination
theoretical
62
Expansion and Location of Productive Capacity
theoretical
63
Location of Fabricating Industry and Social Costs of Centralization
theoretical
64
Chapter 8: The Cost of Abolishing the System
chapter
65
Industrial Relocation and Capital Losses
chapter
66
Labor Mobility and the 'Ghost Town' Argument
chapter
67
Index of Subjects and Names
bibliography