Cattle Markets Integration and Price Discovery: The Case of Mali uri icon

abstract

  • 2015, Taylor & Francis. Abstract: This article analyses the level of integration in 10 cattle markets in Mali. The results indicate a limited interdependence among markets where, in majority of cases, more than 70 per cent of price variation is due to own-price shocks. However, the Sgou market exhibited a high level of interaction with other markets, behaving mostly as a price information receiver. Some markets behaved as sources of price information, however, without taking a clear price leadership role. This low level of market integration may be attributed to limited access to livestock markets and timely price information.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Bizimana, J., Angerer, J. P., Bessler, D. A., & Keita, F.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Bizimana, Jean-Claude||Angerer, Jay P||Bessler, David A||Keita, Francis

publication date

  • March 2015