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Consistent declines in “value added” by manufacturers of petrochemicals (for which price is used as a proxy) is caused by the competitive factors of number of manufacturers and product standardization and the technological factors of production experience and static scale. These relationships imply strategic options available in the pricing of petrochemicals.
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Stobaugh et al. (1975) studied this question.
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