Measuring the impact of road rehabilitation on spatial market efficiency in maize markets in Mozambique

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-28

  Cirera, Xavier ^a   Arndt, Channing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Maize markets; Mozambique; Parity Bounds Model; Road rehabilitation; Spatial arbitrage

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; MARKET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS; ROAD; TRANSACTION COST;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 45349105982     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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