The Cost of Distribution

Wilfred Malenbaum

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1941, vol. 55, issue 2, 255-270

Abstract: I. Difficulty of determining cost of distribution for a particular commodity, 255. — Cost of distribution of all consumers' goods easier to determine, though one difficulty remains, 255. — Purpose and scope of the present study, 256. — Relation of consumer outlay for commodities to our whole national product, 257. — Net capital formation, 259. — Redefining the ratio for statistical convenience, 260. — II. The values of NCP and DC, 261. — Comparison with the Twentieth Century Fund estimate, 263. — III. Significance of these findings from the point of view of "proper balance" in the economy, 265. — Difficulty of determining whether distribution costs are out of balance, 266. — Statistical estimates, 267.

Date: 1941
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