Labor Values and Production Prices in a Sraffian Economic System with Extensive Income

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2000)

Apr-Jun / 2000
Published April 1, 2000
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How to Cite

Cunha, Marina Silva da, and Rodolfo Hoffmann. 2000. “Labor Values and Production Prices in a Sraffian Economic System With Extensive Income”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 20 (2):312-34. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572000-1094.

Labor Values and Production Prices in a Sraffian Economic System with Extensive Income

Marina Silva da Cunha
Professora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá/PR, Brasil.
Rodolfo Hoffmann
Professor do Instituto de Economia da UNICAMP e da ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 20 No. 2 (2000), Apr-Jun / 2000, Pages 312-334

Abstract

This article develops an extension of Sraffian’s approach, considering a model
where the economy is divided into two sectors, the industrial and the agricultural. From a
system in physical units it is possible to determine labour values and prices of production.
The paper analyses the determination of labour values using Morishima’s suggestion, with
linear programming. It is shown that in an economic system with land scarcity the existence
of positive surplus-value is not a sufficient condition for positive profits.

JEL Classification: B51; D46.


Keywords: Sraffian analysis labor value property income