Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 18, No 1 (2005)

Font Size:  Small  Medium  Large

Assessment of Value of Product Characteristics and their Contribution to the Price of Teak-Application of Hedonic Price Analysis

T. Vasantha Kumar, A.R.S Bhat, K.V. Ashalatha

Abstract


The objective of hedonic price analysis model was to determine factors influencing  the price. The contribution due to different characteristics on the price of teak was studied using regression analysis. These models were fitted namely, logarithmic, semi-logarithmic and linear. Among these there models, logarithmic model shows the best -fit model. All the three models showed that number of logs in a lot has no significant effect upon the price of the wood.

Full Text: PDF