Le Cotty T., Maitre D'Hotel E., Ndiaye M.
2017
We analyze the role of market remoteness on maize price volatility in a developing country, Burkina Faso. A trade model between a rural area and an urban area is used to show that transport costs increase volatility in rural markets when this volatility is due to local supply or demand shocks in the rural area. We provide empirical support to this proposition by exploring a dataset of monthly ...
Commerce, commercialisation et distribution; Economie et politique du développement
2017
We analyze the role of market remoteness on maize price volatility in a developing country, Burkina Faso. A trade model between a rural area and an urban area is used to show that transport costs increase volatility in rural markets when this volatility is due to local supply or demand shocks in the rural area. We provide empirical support to this proposition by exploring a dataset of monthly ...
Commerce, commercialisation et distribution; Economie et politique du développement