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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Main Authors: Moctar, Ndiaye, Elodie, Maitre d’Hôtel, Tristan, Le Cotty
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21641