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Gasoline Rationing in the United States, I

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  • James A. Maxwell
  • Margaret N. Balcom

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The introduction of rationing: the Eastern gasoline shortage, 561; nation-wide rationing, 564. — The separation of District I, 567. — The "pleasure driving" ban, 569. — Other steps to reduce consumption, 570. — The non-recoverable "B" and "C" cut, 572. — End of the "pleasure driving" ban, 572. — Jurisdictional dispute between OPA and PAW, 573. — Spread of the gasoline shortage: relaxation of the program, 576; the shortage spreads to Districts II and III, 577; the shortage spreads to Districts IV and V, 579; the program settles down, 580. — The local board system, 581.

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  • James A. Maxwell & Margaret N. Balcom, 1946. "Gasoline Rationing in the United States, I," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 60(4), pages 561-587.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:60:y:1946:i:4:p:561-587.
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    1. Mark Fox & Grant Black, 2011. "The Rise and Decline of Drive-in Cinemas in the United States," Chapters, in: Samuel Cameron (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Leisure, chapter 14, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Alexander J. Field, 2023. "The decline of US manufacturing productivity between 1941 and 1948," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(4), pages 1163-1190, November.
    3. Robert Carbaugh & Charles Wassell, 2006. "Oil Debates: Reducing American Dependence on Oil," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(6), pages 55-77.
    4. Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Rationing the Commons," Working Papers 2020-93, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics.
    5. Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Rationing the Commons," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2239, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    6. Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Rationing the Commons," NBER Working Papers 27473, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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