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The prices of material and intermediate inputs in UK manufacturing : identifying the contributions of world prices and domestic factor costs

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Battisti, Giuliana and Stoneman, P. (2007) The prices of material and intermediate inputs in UK manufacturing : identifying the contributions of world prices and domestic factor costs. Applied Economics, Vol.39 (No.7-9). pp. 859-882. doi:10.1080/00036840500461832

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Abstract

In this article, we explore the patterns and determinants of the prices of raw material and intermediate inputs (MIIs) to UK manufacturing as measured by the net (n) and gross (g) producer price indexes of materials and fuels (PIMF). Despite the importance of MII in total manufacturing costs their prices have been little studied. It is shown that these prices are Granger independent of the demand for such inputs and thus a simple cost based model of price determination is constructed. This model forecasts that MII prices are functions of world prices for oil, commodities and semi-manufactured products intermediated by exchange rates and duties, domestic factor prices and a trend reflecting domestic technical change, changes in mark ups and change in weights. By the means of an error correction representation it is found that PIMFn and PIMFg, in the long and short-run, are more sensitive to overseas-determined prices (of oil, commodities and semi-manufactured products) than domestically determined prices (labour, capital and the trend). It may be argued that to some considerable degree therefore the prices of material and intermediate inputs in UK manufacturing will not be particularly sensitive to policy actions.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Applied Economics
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN: 0003-6846
Official Date: April 2007
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DateEvent
April 2007Published
Volume: Vol.39
Number: No.7-9
Number of Pages: 24
Page Range: pp. 859-882
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500461832
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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