Spatial integration, transport costs, and the response of local prices to policy changes in Ghana

This paper investigates the respective roles of spatial integration and transport costs in explaining price changes in Ghana. We introduce a model of price formation and market integration that incorporates the price transmission process between local and central markets and also captures the implic...

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Main Authors: Badiane, Ousmane, Shively, Gerald E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 1998
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171669

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