Dimensional analysis of price-value correspondence: a spurious case of spurious correlation
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Labor theory of value has received considerable attention among Marxists and their critics. No agreement has been reached as to what labor theory of value is (Foley, 2000), Itoh, 1988; Kliman, 2006; Laibman, 1992 and Mohun, 2000). Paradoxically there are empirical studies showing strong association between labor values and market prices. Such works could inject new energy into Marxist theory of value; nevertheless some critics have questioned such empirical findings because: a) there is a problem of spurious correlation involved, and b) measures of association vary with changes in the physical units of the analyzed merchandises.
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Valle Baeza, A. (2011). Dimensional analysis of price-value correspondence: a spurious case of spurious correlation. Investigación Económica, 69(274). https://doi.org/10.22201/fe.01851667p.2010.274.24260
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