Maize Price Volatility : Does Market Remoteness Matter?
This paper addresses the role of market remoteness in explaining maize price volatility in Burkina Faso. A model of price formation is introduced to demonstrate formally that transport costs between urban and rural markets exacerbate maize price volatility. Empirical support is provided to the propo...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | en_US |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21641 |