Research Catalog

Title

Studies in the economics of overhead costs, by J. Maurice Clark ...

Author

Clark, John Maurice, 1884-1963.

Publication

Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press [©1923]

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Details

Description

xiii, 502 pages diagrams; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Materials for the study of business

Uniform Title

Materials for the study of business

Alternative Title

• Economics of overhead costs.
• Overhead costs.

Subject

• Cost
• Supply and demand
• Cost accounting
• costs
• cost accounting
• Cost accounting
• Cost
• Supply and demand
• Overhead costs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

The gradual discovery of overhead costs -- The scope of the problem -- The general idea of cost and different classes of costs -- The laws of return and economy, or the variables governing efficiency -- The laws of return and economy, or the variables governing efficiency (continued) -- How and why large plants bring economy -- Economies of combination -- Different kinds of business rhythms -- Different costs for different purposes : an illustrative problem -- What is a unit of business? -- Three methods of allocating costs -- Functions and chief methods of cost accounting -- Railroads and costs : a statistical study -- Overhead costs and railroad rate problems -- The transportation system as a whole -- Public utilities -- Overhead costs in other industries -- Labor as an overhead cost -- Overhead costs and the business cycle -- Discrimination in the modern market -- Cut-throat competition and the public interest -- Costs of government as overhead outlays -- Overhead costs and the laws of value and distribution -- Conclusion.

LCCN

24002488

OCLC

• ocm00167698
• 167698
• SCSB-472402

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library