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The labour theory of value and the prices in China

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to analyze, based on econometric evidence, the degree of relationship between values and prices in China's economy. Despite being a controversial topic in economics, efforts were made to measure direct prices and production, as well as measure their grade of deviation. The results pointed to a strong correlation between the behavior between direct prices, production and the market.

Keywords:
Spurious correlation; Labor theory of value; Marxism; Product input; Prices of production; Econometrics

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