Food Price Seasonality in Africa : Measurement and Extent

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 seasonal gap can...

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Main Authors: Gilbert, Christopher L., Christiaensen, Luc, Kaminski, Jonathan
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29155