Distance to Market and Search Costs in an African Maize Market

Farm-gate buying by small itinerant buyers is the dominant mode of primary marketing in Tanzania's maize market. This paper estimates the effect of household distance to market on maize farm-gate prices, and the extent to which seasonally dete...

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Main Author: Mahdi, Shireen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16611055/distance-market-search-costs-african-maize-market
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12016

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