Date of Award:
5-1950
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Economics and Finance
Department name when degree awarded
Commerce
Committee Chair(s)
W. Swardass
Committee
W. Swardass
Abstract
The production of iron in America began in a limited area east of the Alleghenies, centered around Philadelphia, which was also a principal port of entry for foreign iron. As early as 1750, pricing was done on a rudimentary basing point structure. Apparently, all prices on domestic iron were quoted on a Philadelphia base and were higher in the outlying territory where the iron was actually made. The manufacturers absorbed freight in order to move their iron to the central market, where it competed with foreign iron.
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Recommended Citation
Hansen, Lester T., "An Economic Analysis of the Possible Implications of the Abolition of the Basing Point System of Pricing on the Steel Industry in Utah" (1950). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1850.
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