The Response of Ethiopian Grain Markets to Liberalization



Appendix 5 Results of unit root tests1 for maize prices spreads among different markets

Spreads

Level

First Difference

ADF

PP

ADF

PP

Addis - Shashemene

-3.83a

-4.54a

-9.97a

-13.36a

Addis - Jimma

-3.17b

-4.70a

-9.48a

-15.54a

Mekele - Addis

-4.56a

-3.28b

-7.97a

-6.32a

Addis - Bako

-3.80a

-3.76a

-9.66a

-11.93a

Dire Dawa - Shashemene

-4.32a

-6.45a

-11.02a

-18.97a

Dire Dawa - Addis

-3.70a

-5.80a

-9.90a

-18.94a

Dire Dawa - Bako

-3.05b

-5.49a

-9.53a

-19.59a

Dire Dawa - Jimma

-3.43b

-4.50a

-9.09a

-15.06a

Not 1The unit root tests are conducted for three time periods: period I is from 1986:07 to 1991:03, period II is
from 1991:04 to 1996:06 while the whole series is from 1986:07 to 1996:06.

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

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