Rayon and the Tariff: The Nurture of an Industrial Prodigy

F. W. Taussig and H. D. White

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1931, vol. 45, issue 4, 588-621

Abstract: Early history of the industry in Europe, 589.— Growth in the United States since 1911; the American Viscose Company the leading producer, 590. — The technical processes, 592. — Steady improvement of rayon quality, 593.—Protection and its proximate results, 597.—Failures and successes, 600.— Advance in comparative effectiveness, 603.— Costs abroad and at home, 604.—Extraordinary profits, 608.—Domestic and foreign prices, 610.—Duopoly; international ramifications and combinations, 614.— Summary on tariff effects, 617.— The future, 619.

Date: 1931
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