Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe analysis of the determination of steel prices is of great importance particularly for the formulation of economic policy in less developed countries. Five fundamental factors influencing price of steel products are examined. A hedonic function which reflects the relation between prices of varieties or models of heterogeneous goods and the quantities of characteristics has been used and empirical tests applied to this function has been done using 1978--1998 Chinese annul data. Results are with the trend toward globalization China will become more market oriented and the factors analyzed in the paper would pay key role in determining Chinese steel products prices.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MA
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics
- Year dc:date.available
- 2000
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Xia, Jiang
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- K. Victor Chow.
- William Trumbull
- Ming-jeng Hwang
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/825
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-1828