Railway Speculation

W. Z. Ripley

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1911, vol. 25, issue 2, 185-215

Abstract: The course of speculative activity since 1890, 186. — Movement of particular issues, 187. — Speculative activity of railway bonds, 189. — Pooling contracts, 194. — Speculation by "insiders", 195. — Abrupt changes of dividend, 197. — Secrecy in accounting, 198. — The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, 201. — Speculation by outsiders, 204. — The Southern Pacific pool of 1902, 204. — The Louisville and Nashville pool of 1903, 206. — The Reading and Boston and Maine episode of 1893, 208. — The Pearson-Farquhar syndicate, 1910, 209. — Publicity as a remedy, 210. — Regulation of capital issues, 212. — Taxation of transfers, 213. — The outlook for the future, 214.

Date: 1911
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