Spatial price integration among selected bean markets in Malawi: A threshold autoregressive model approach

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dc.creatorMtumbuka, Wezzie S.
dc.creatorMapemba, Lawrence
dc.creatorMaonga, Beston
dc.creatorMwabumba, Mannex
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:57Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:00:04Z
dc.descriptionThis research examines the extent of market integration among different bean markets across Malawi. Market integration is an indicator that efficiency exists within the flow of information between markets. The study focused on beans as they are a cheap source of protein affordable by the majority of rural smallholder farmers. Market price data for beans was obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and covered the period 1995 to 2011. The markets included in the study are Chitipa, Rumphi, Mzuzu, Lilongwe, Mitundu, Lizulu, Lunzu, Luchenza, and Bangula. Like prices of other agricultural crops, bean prices follow a general seasonal pattern, rising with increasing time since the last harvest and decreasing during the harvest period.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91678
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMtumbuka, Wezzie S.; Mapemba, Lawrence; Maonga, Beston and Mwabumba, Mannex. 2014. Spatial price integration among selected bean markets in Malawi: A threshold autoregressive model approach. MaSSP Working Paper 7. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150191
dc.subjecttransaction costs
dc.subjectagricultural products
dc.subjectmodelling
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectbeans
dc.subjectprices
dc.titleSpatial price integration among selected bean markets in Malawi: A threshold autoregressive model approach
dc.typeWorking Paper

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