Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets

This study tests the long-run and short-run integration of maize markets in Malawi using the co-integration approach within the Vector Autoregressive modeling framework. The analysis is extended to Wald-F Granger Causality tests to see the direction of causality between maize markets. A total of six...

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Autor principal: Nyongo, Lovemore
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149786
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description This study tests the long-run and short-run integration of maize markets in Malawi using the co-integration approach within the Vector Autoregressive modeling framework. The analysis is extended to Wald-F Granger Causality tests to see the direction of causality between maize markets. A total of six maize markets, two from each region, were analyzed. Three are urban markets, while two of the three rural markets are border markets. The study uses monthly maize retail prices for the period January 2000 to May 2008. Study findings show that nine out of the fifteen market pairs are integrated in the long-run, but the degree of short-run market integration is low, implying that the transmission of price information is slow.
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spelling CGSpace1497862025-11-06T06:15:53Z Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets Nyongo, Lovemore transaction costs maize markets integration prices This study tests the long-run and short-run integration of maize markets in Malawi using the co-integration approach within the Vector Autoregressive modeling framework. The analysis is extended to Wald-F Granger Causality tests to see the direction of causality between maize markets. A total of six maize markets, two from each region, were analyzed. Three are urban markets, while two of the three rural markets are border markets. The study uses monthly maize retail prices for the period January 2000 to May 2008. Study findings show that nine out of the fifteen market pairs are integrated in the long-run, but the degree of short-run market integration is low, implying that the transmission of price information is slow. 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:57Z 2024-08-01T02:49:57Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149786 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nyongo, Lovemore. 2013. Maize price differences and evidence of spatial integration in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149786
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Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title_full Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title_fullStr Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title_full_unstemmed Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title_short Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets
title_sort maize price differences and evidence of spatial integration in malawi the case of selected markets
topic transaction costs
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url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149786
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