The Response of Ethiopian Grain Markets to Liberalization



Table 13 SURE estimates of the effects of seasonality, grain market liberalization, rainfall and food aid on white wheat
price spreads based on the assumption of weak market integration (1984:10 to 1993:12)

Independent
variables

Market

Addis1

Hosaenna2

Dire Dawa1
Addis2

Mekele1

Addis2

Dire Dawa1

Hosaenna2

Mekele1

Hosaenna2

Constant

19.68a

85.75a

64.75a

105.43a

84.43a

Dec

0.40

2.55

10.38

2.95

10.78

Jan

-3.50

15.70

-23.41

12.20

-26.91c

Feb

-7.39

-0.92

-2.07

-8.31

-9.46

Mar

-17.11

8.82

12.52

-8.29

-4.59

Apr

-20.64

13.10

4.70

-7.54

-15.94

May

-15.17

6.54

11.83

-8.63

-3.34

Jun

-18.06c

-8.72

22.49

-26.78b

4.43

Jul

1.68

-17.23

12.41

-15.55

14.09

Aug

3.89

-11.89

1.61

-8.00

5.50

Sep

3.93

-11.13

16.59

-7.20

20.52c

Oct

-2.52

-10.57

-3.80

-13.09

-6.32

Dlib12

-9.52

-11.40

-44.15a

-20.92b

-53.67a

RF1

-0.05

-0.00259

-0.19a

-0.00259

-0.19a

RF2

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.04

0.04

FAID1

0.000258

0.000431c

-0.000274a

0.000431c

-0.000274a

FAID2

0.000817

-0.000258

-0.000258

0.000817

0.000817

P1

p t-1

0.70a

0.28a

0.67a

0.28a

0.67a

P2

p t-1_____________________

-0.67a

-0.70a

-0.70a

-0.67a

-0.67a

Note: a, b, and c indicate statistical significance at a probability of less than 1%, 5% and 10% respectively.

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