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Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Research Conference on Economics and Statistics, held by the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, at Colorado College, July 6 to August 8, 1936. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Colorado College Publication, General Series No. 208. Study Series No. 21. 119 pp. Reviewed by Holbrook Working

Exchange Depreciation, by S. E. Harris, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1936. xxix, 516 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by Howard S. Ellis

The Reserve Banks and the Money Market, by W. Randolph Burgess, with introduction by George L. Harrison and Benjamin Strong. Revised Edition. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers. 1936. xxv, 342 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Benjamin Haggott Beckhart

America's Experience as a Creditor Nation, by John T. Madden, Marcus Nadler, and Harry C. Sauvain. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1937. xvi, 333 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Joseph M. Jones

The Problem of Investment, by F. I. Shaffner. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1936. viii, 357 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Murray Shields

The Undistributed Profits Tax, by Alfred G. Buehler. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 1937. ix, 281 pp. $2.75. Reviewed by J. Ellwood Amos

Ernteschwankungen und wirtschaftliche Wechsellagen 1874–1913, von Georg Brandau. Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer. 1936. Beiträge zur Erforschung der wirtschaftlichen Wechsellagen Aufschwung, Krise, Stockung. Herausgegeben von Arthur Spiethoff. 107 pp. Rmk. 4.50. Reviewed by V. P. Timoshenko

Agricultural Prices, by Frederick L. Thomsen. New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1936. x, 471 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by John D. Black

Volkswirtschaftliche Theorie der öffentlichen Investitionen, by Hans Richter-Altschäffer. München und Leipzig, Germany: Verlag von Duncker & Humblot. Eine Untersuchung über die theoretische Stellung der öffentlichen Investitionen in der Dynamik der modernen Verkehrswirtschaft. 1936. iv, 155 pp. R.M. 5.80. Reviewed by Edgar M. Hoover, Jr.

Business Cycles and Forecasting, by Elmer C. Bratt. Chicago: Business Publications, Inc. 1937. xiii, 501 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Wilbert G. Fritz

Electric Power in Syria and Palestine, by Basim A. Faris. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. (Agents). Printed at the American Press, Beirut. 1936. American University of Beirut. Publications of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Social Science Series No. 9. xx, 367 pp. 8s. 6d. Reviewed by Melvin G. de Chazeau

Determination of Confusion in Trade-Mark Conflict Cases, by Neil H. Borden. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration Bureau of Business Research. George F. Baker Foundation. Volume XXIII, Number 8. December, 1936. Business Research Studies Number 16. vi, 34 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by John H. Cover

Population Distribution in Colonial America, by Stella H. Sutherland. New York: Columbia University Press. 1936. xxxii, 353 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by William E. Smith

Expenses and Profits of Limited Price Variety Chains in 1935, by Stanley F. Teele. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Publication of the Graduate School of Business Administration. Bureau of Business Research, Bulletin Number 103. Volume XXIII, Number 7. October, 1936. vi, 30 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by R. S. Alexander

Federal Support for Public Education, made under the direction of Paul R. Mort. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1936. xvi, 334 pp. $3.70. Reviewed by Paul Studenski

A Measure of Taxpaying Ability of Local School Administrative Units, by Francis G. Cornell. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1936. viii, 114 pp. $1.60. Reviewed by Paul Studenski