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Table 4 ADF and Zivot–Andrews unit root tests with one structural break

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

Commodity

Variables

Augmented Dickey–Fuller test

Zivot–Andrews unit root test

T-Stat. (Prob.)

Break date

T-Stat

Break date

Matoke

WP_Kampala

− 5.3655*** (< 0.01)

2022M08

− 3.1337

2021M11

RP_Kampala

− 3.3464 (0.7794)

2015M07

− 3.1782

2021M10

WP_Mbarara

− 6.0616*** (< 0.01)

2022M07

− 3.3154

2021M07

RP_Mbarara

− 4.5209 (0.1240)

2019M05

− 3.3705

2019M06

ΔWP_Kampala

− 9.3520***

2017M05

ΔRP_Kampala

− 9.5221*** (< 0.01)

2016M02

− 8.8490***

2017M01

ΔWP_Mbarara

− 8.6027***

2020M07

ΔRP_Mbarara

− 10.1144*** (< 0.01)

2016M02

− 8.1372***

2018M05

Beans

WP_Kampala

− 4.3819 (0.1742)

2018M11

− 3.8754

2021M06

RP_Kampala

− 4.0804 (0.3228)

2015M07

− 3.9967

2021M06

WP_Masindi

− 4.1430 (0.2906)

2021M04

− 3.7083

2021M05

ΔWP_Kampala

− 10.0850*** (< 0.01)

2015M06

− 5.4599**

2020M09

ΔRP_Kampala

− 10.0783*** (< 0.01)

2020M11

− 5.9161***

2020M06

ΔWP_Masindi

− 9.2542*** (< 0.01)

2020M09

− 9.5107***

2020M09

Maize

WP_Tororo

− 3.5508 (0.6608)

2022M02

− 4.1511

2017M06

RP_Kampala

− 4.5804 (0.1076)

2022M03

− 4.6489

2017M07

WP_Masindi

− 3.7460 (0.5348)

2017M09

− 4.2439

2017M06

RP_Masindi

− 6.3759*** (< 0.01)

2018M07

− 6.0524***

2017M06

ΔWP_Tororo

− 8.4381*** (< 0.01)

2015M08

− 7.1029***

2018M10

ΔRP_Kampala

− 11.2346*** (< 0.01)

2017M07

− 6.0577***

2017M07

ΔWP_Masindi

− 9.9733*** (< 0.01)

2020M07

− 7.3002***

2018M10

  1. Δ denotes the first difference operator, critical values for the PP test are − 6.32, − 5.59, and − 5.29 at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively, *** and ** denote rejection of the null hypothesis of unit root at the 1% and 5% levels, respectively. Critical values for the Zivot–Andrews unit root test are − 5.57, − 5.08, and − 4.82 at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively