Market integration in Mozambique: A non-parametric extension to the threshold model

Bjorn Van Campenhout

No 4, Mozambique Working Paper from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: One of the main drawbacks of current methods to measure market integration is the assumption of constant transaction costs. In this paper, we propose a non-parametric extension to the commonly used threshold models, allowing us to estimate transaction costs in a more flexible way. We illustrate the method using weekly price data on maize collected in selected markets in Mozambique.

Keywords: data; food security; maize; markets; production; Mozambique; Africa; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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