Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Department
Economics
Committee Chair
K. Victor Chow.
Committee Co-Chair
William Trumbull
Committee Member
Ming-jeng Hwang
Abstract
The 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.
Recommended Citation
Xia, Jiang, "Fundamental analysis of price on Chinese steel products" (2000). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 825.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/825