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Competition in the American Tobacco Industry 1911-1932 : A Study of the Effects of the Partition of the American Tobacco Company by the United States Supreme Court / Reavis Cox.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 381Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]Copyright date: ©1968Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231907088
  • 9780231880091
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Statistical Tables -- I. The Partition of the American Tobacco Company -- II. The Growth of the Tobacco Industry Since the Partition -- III. Evidences of Competition in the Distribution of Business Among Manufacturers -- IV. Competitive Influences Affecting the Scale of Production -- V. Competitive Influences Affecting Integration -- VI. Competition in the Purchase of Leaf Tobacco -- VII. Evidences of Collusion in Leaf Purchases -- VIII. Price Competition Among Manufacturers in the Sale of Tobacco Products -- IX. Non-Price Competition Among Manufacturers in the Sale of Tobacco Products -- X. Competition Among Distributors of Tobacco Products -- XI. Effects of Competition on the Successor Company Earnings -- XII. Financial Control of the Successor Companies -- XIII. Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Studies the effects on the industry and individual companies of a Supreme Court decree to divide the American Tobacco Company into sixteen independent and competing units. Specifically looks at how competition among tobacco companies affected the scale of production, purchase of leaf tobacco, manufacturing and sale prices, and distribution of tobacco products.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Statistical Tables -- I. The Partition of the American Tobacco Company -- II. The Growth of the Tobacco Industry Since the Partition -- III. Evidences of Competition in the Distribution of Business Among Manufacturers -- IV. Competitive Influences Affecting the Scale of Production -- V. Competitive Influences Affecting Integration -- VI. Competition in the Purchase of Leaf Tobacco -- VII. Evidences of Collusion in Leaf Purchases -- VIII. Price Competition Among Manufacturers in the Sale of Tobacco Products -- IX. Non-Price Competition Among Manufacturers in the Sale of Tobacco Products -- X. Competition Among Distributors of Tobacco Products -- XI. Effects of Competition on the Successor Company Earnings -- XII. Financial Control of the Successor Companies -- XIII. Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

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Studies the effects on the industry and individual companies of a Supreme Court decree to divide the American Tobacco Company into sixteen independent and competing units. Specifically looks at how competition among tobacco companies affected the scale of production, purchase of leaf tobacco, manufacturing and sale prices, and distribution of tobacco products.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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