Selected Trends in Iowa Retail Sales and Use Tax Collections, 1939-1952, 1954

(1954) Selected Trends in Iowa Retail Sales and Use Tax Collections, 1939-1952, 1954. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This monograph reports the findings of such a measurement. Specifically, it reports some significant economic trends in the retail business in Iowa for the years 1939 through 1952 as reflected by retail sales and use tax collections . The analysis of these trends in retail activity utilizes a number of statistical techniques. The principle techniques used are as follows. Computations of indexes of retail sales and use tax collections show the growth in retail trade in the State an in the ninety-nine counties. Straight line trend computations indicate variations in trade activity among counties. And various correlation analyses point up the relationship between trade activity and population and between trade activity and income. The data and findings of this study can be put to use in a number of ways. For example, such a study may be helpful in: ( 1) planning advertising and sales campaigns and determining sales quotas; (2) conducting various types of market research, such as consumer surveys or wholesale and retail distribution analyses; and (3) providing indicators of the stability of at least one segment of the economy of the State and of the individual counties.