Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power, Issue 1; Issue 4; Issues 9-11

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940
 

Contents

Extent of consumer brand preference for prepared foods_
79
Comparison of wholesale prices of identical substances sold under proprietary and nonproprietary names
81
Comparison of retail prices of drugs cosmetics and foods with the costs of their ingredients__
82
Relation of price flexibility to importance of brand preference
86
Other forms of nonprice competitionescape devices
90
Comparison of quoted prices for sulphuric acid with prices actually paid by a large buyer_
99
CHAPTER IV
109
Average retail value and sales of selected electrical appliances
112
Saturation of the market_
118
Household equipment ownership by income groups radios 1935
128
Average expenditures by families of employed wage earners and clerical workers by economic level____
130
Distributive margin of electric refrigerators_
144
Distributive margins
145
Replacement sales as a percent of total sales of electric refrigerators _
148
Estimated durability of electric refrigerators___
149
Retail published list prices of electrical refrigerators1939 and 1940 155156
155
List prices of electric refrigerators 1938principal companies
162
Percent of concentration 1937
163
Average expenditures by families of employed wage earners and clerical workers by economic level
164
APPENDIX I
165
Flexibility of commodity prices measured by various criteria_ 172189
172
Flexibility of commodity prices measured by various criteria ranked in ten groups for each criterion in order of increasing flexibility 190210
190
2744 Correlation tables of commodities distributed according to their ranks by two criteria of wholesale price flexibility 211228
211
Timing of predepression peak 1929 to 1931 compared with timing of depression low 1932 to 1934
212
Timing of predepression peak 1929 to 1931 compared with post depression peak 1936 to 1938_
213
Timing of depression low 1932 to 1934 compared with post depression peak 1936 to 1938_
214
3134 Frequency of change compared with amplitude of cyclical move ment__ 215218
215
Frequency of change compared with timing of predepression peak 1929 to 1931_
219
Frequency of change compared with timing of depression low 1932 to 1934
220
Frequency of change compared with timing of postdepression peak 1936 to 1938__
221
Amplitude of cyclical movement compared with timing of predepres sion peak
222
Amplitude of cyclical movement compared with timing of depression low 1932 to 1934
223
Frequency of change compared with change per change
224
Amplitude of cyclical movement compared with change per change
225
Frequency of change compared with aggregate change less net change
227
Frequency of change compared with timing of predepression peak
237
APPENDIX II
242
Distribution of retail prices of girdles foundation garments and bras
244
Retail prices of standard liquid laxative July 1936 to March 1939_
365
Retail prices of nationally advertised analgesic tablets__
366
Retail prices of nationally advertised shaving article
367
Retail prices of nationally advertised liquid laxative 367 17 Retail prices of nationally advertised liquid laxative 18 Retail prices of nationally advertis...
368
Retail prices of analgesic tablets nationally advertised brand
371
substitute brands in chain and independent storesJune 1939
372
Retail prices of liquid laxative A nationally advertised brand and substitute brands in chain and independent storesJune 1939
373
Retail prices of vitamin product nationally advertised brand and sub stitute brands in chain and independent storesJune 1939
374
Retail prices of oral antiseptic nationally advertised brand and sub stitute brands in chain and independent stores June 1939_
375
Retail prices of analgesic tablets nationally advertised brand and distributors brands charged by two mail order houses__
376
Retail prices of a drug sundry nationally advertised brand and distributors brands charged by two mail order houses
377
Retail prices of liquid laxative B nationally advertised brand and distributors brands charged by two mail order houses
378
Substitute brands and resale price maintenance
379
Comparison of full list prices with contractual minimum prices
383
Distribution of retail prices quoted by drug stores for 13 items selling between 10 and 50 cents
385
CHAPTER III
386
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised pharmaceutical A
390
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised pharmaceutical B
392
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised drug sundry
393
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised toiletry A
395
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised toiletry B
396
Wholesale and retail margins for a nationally advertised toiletry C
397
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised cosmetic A
398
Wholesale and retail margins for nationally advertised cosmetic B
399
Terms of sale for cosmetic C
400
Wholesale and retail markups for 8 nationally advertised products
401
Maximum and minimum retail markups for 132 products sold by a large drug manufacturergroup I
403
Maximum and minimum retail markups allowed by 12 cosmetic manufacturers on their various price lines
404
Retail margins on products in the drug trade in California under the California fair trade law July 1936
405
Minimum retail margins on selected wellknown advertised drug products in California under the California fair trade law July 1936
406
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PART II
ii
Geographic price structures for selected chemicals summarized
1
PART III
iii
Retail prices of nationally advertised analgesic tablets June 1929
1
Retail prices of nationally advertised drug sundry March 1935
2

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