Food price seasonality in Africa : measurement and extent (English)

Everyone knows about seasonality. But what exactly do we know? This study systematically measures seasonal price gaps at 193 markets for 13 food commodities in seven African countries. It shows that the commonly used dummy variable or moving average deviation methods to estimate the seasonalgap can yield substantial upward bias. This can be partially circumvented using trigonometric and sawtooth models, which are more parsimonious. Among staple crops...

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Gilbert,Christopher L.;

Christiaensen,Luc;

Kaminski,Jonathan;
Document Date
2017/01/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
123197
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/02/09
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Food price seasonality in Africa : measurement and extent
Keywords
economic and sector work

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Gilbert,Christopher L.; Christiaensen,Luc; Kaminski,Jonathan.

Food price seasonality in Africa : measurement and extent (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/339991518171216769

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