Publication
Apr 2010
This paper addresses two important economic issues for Africa: the contribution of national borders and ethnicity to market segmentation and integration between and within countries. Market pair regression analysis provides evidence of higher conditional price dispersion for both a grain and a cash crop between markets separated by the Niger-Nigeria border than between two markets located in the same country. A regression-discontinuity analysis also confirms a significant price change at the international border. The international border effect is lower, however, if the cross-border markets share a common ethnicity. Ethnicity is also linked to higher price dispersion within Niger; we find a significant intranational border effect between markets in different ethnic regions of the country.
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Author | Jenny C Aker, Michael W Klein, Stephen A O'Connell, Muzhe Yang |
Series | CGD Working Papers |
Issue | 208 |
Publisher | Center for Global Development (CGD) |
Copyright | © 2010 Center for Global Development (CGD) |