A growing empirical literature finds that firms pass the cost of minimum wage hikes onto consumers via higher retail prices. Yet, little is known about minimum wage effects on wholesale prices and whether retailers face a wholesale cost shock in addition to the labor cost shock. I exploit the...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter I. Introduction and Summary of Results -- Chapter II. The Inadequacy of Present Knowledge of the Influence of Quality Factors -- Chapter III. Analysis of Asparagus Prices -- Chapter IV. Analysis of...

Frontmatter -- List of Classification, Table and Commodities -- Commodities for Which Data Appear on Two Tables -- Introduction -- Table 1–4. Almonds–Ashes, Pot -- Table 5–22. Bark, Quercitron–Butter -- Table 23–47. Candles–Cofee -- Table 48–63. Copper–Currants -- Table 64–78....