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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: Market integration and asymmetric price transmission in selected domestic markets for major staple foods in Uganda

Commodity

Matoke

Beans

Maize

Market

RP_Kampala

WP_ Kampala

RP_Mbarara

WP_ Mbarara

RP_ Kampala

WP_ Kampala

WP_ Masindi

RP_ Kampala

WP_ Tororo

RP_Masindi

WP_ Masindi

Mean

978.56

763.4

861.55

607.22

2717.63

2324.85

2194.43

1519.07

911.03

1390.93

798.71

Max

1750

1400

1400

1200

4100

3600

4000

2300

1900

2100

1750

Min

580

380

450

200

1800

1300

1300

1000

400

900

250

SD

263.44

249.62

238.08

216.82

483.41

550.65

575.12

255.35

319.48

226.34

298.65

Skewness

0.59

0.49

0.33

0.67

0.92

0.57

0.81

1.24

1.03

0.58

0.98

Kurtosis

2.48

2.03

1.93

2.81

3.18

2.59

3.66

4.94

3.78

4.45

3.84

CV (%)

26.92

32.7

27.63

35.71

17.79

23.69

26.21

16.81

35.07

16.27

37.39

Brock–Dechert–Scheinkman (BDS) Test

D2

BDS

0.10***

0.09***

0.09***

0.07***

0.10***

0.08***

0.10***

0.13***

0.13***

0.09***

0.12***

Z stat

21.57

20.79

19.55

14.12

13.90

15.59

17.25

11.35

19.24

8.33

14.27

D3

BDS

0.15***

0.13***

0.13***

0.11***

0.16***

0.13***

0.15***

0.21***

0.21***

0.14***

0.19***

Z stat

20.45

18.98

18.10

12.45

14.32

15.26

16.46

11.31

19.04

7.83

14.10

D4

BDS

0.17***

0.15***

0.14***

0.11***

0.21***

0.15***

0.17***

0.25***

0.25***

0.15***

0.22***

Z stat

19.45

18.40

16.46

10.80

15.31

15.01

16.04

11.12

18.44

7.05

13.47

D5

BDS

0.18***

0.16***

0.14***

0.10***

0.23***

0.15***

0.18***

0.26***

0.26***

0.14***

0.22***

Z stat

19.23

17.95

15.66

9.40

15.73

14.27

15.84

11.17

18.35

6.19

12.97

D6

BDS

0.18***

0.15***

0.13***

0.09***

0.22***

0.14***

0.16***

0.26***

0.25***

0.13***

0.21***

Z stat

20.45

18.26

15.55

8.47

16.02

13.66

15.26

11.54

18.66

5.75

12.82

  1. Observations = 97, Max, Min, and SD denote Maximum, Minimum, and Standard Deviation, respectively. Mean, Maximum, Minimum, and Standard Deviation values are in UGX/Kg, RP and WP denote retail and wholesale prices, respectively, D2, D3, D4, D5, and D6 denote Dimensions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively, BDS and Z stat denote the Brock–Dechert–Scheinkman and the Z statistics, respectively, *** denotes significance of the BDS statistic at the 1% level
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