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Maximization of Profit*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

C. A. Ashley*
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University of Toronto
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Notes and Memoranda
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 1961

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A revised version of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in Kingston, June 11, 1960.

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