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Market Integration in Wholesale Rice Markets in India


Raghbendra Jha


Australian National University (ANU) - Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC); Crawford School of Public Policy

K. V. Bhanu Murthy


University of Delhi - School of Economics - Commerce Department

Anurag Sharma


Monash University - Centre for Health Economics
June 2005

Australia South Asia Research Centre Working Paper No. 2005/03

Abstract:     
This paper tests for market integration in 55 wholesale rice markets in India using monthly data over the period January 1970 - December 1999. The technique of Gonzalez-Rivera and Helfand (2001) is used to identify common factors across various markets. It is discovered that market integration is far from complete in India and a major reason for this is the excessive interference in rice markets by government agencies. As a result it is hard for scarcity conditions in isolated markets to be picked up by markets with abundance in supply. A number of policy implications are also considered.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 36

Keywords: Market integration, wholesale recie markets, India

JEL Classification: C22, D40, N55, Q18

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Date posted: June 15, 2005  

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Jha, Raghbendra, Murthy, K. V. Bhanu and Sharma, Anurag, Market Integration in Wholesale Rice Markets in India (June 2005). Australia South Asia Research Centre Working Paper No. 2005/03. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=742806 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.742806

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Raghbendra Jha (Contact Author)
Australian National University (ANU) - Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC) ( email )
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Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

K. V. Bhanu Murthy
University of Delhi - School of Economics - Commerce Department ( email )
59 Vaishali Enclave
Pitampura
Delhi, 110034
India
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Anurag Sharma
Monash University - Centre for Health Economics ( email )
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Melbourne, VIC 3800
Australia
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