Economies of scale in global iron-making

Resources Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Crompton, Paul ^a   Lesourd, Jean Baptiste ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Leontief cost function; Metals and metal products; Primary products; Scale economies

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; EARNINGS; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; STEELMAKING;

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; LEONTIEF COST FUNCTION;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

COMMODITY MARKET; COMPETITIVENESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PANEL DATA;

EID: 44649139745     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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