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Table 9 Asymmetric spatial price transmission

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

Causal direction

Long-run estimates

Estimates from the ECM

MATOKE

 WP_Kampala =  > WP_Mbarara [ARDL(2, 0)], LR and SR symmetry imposed

WP_Kampala

0.9805*** (14.3259)

ΔWP_Mbarara(− 1)

0.1788*** (2.8692)

C

− 0.1122 (− 0.2488)

ECT(− 1)

− 0.7941*** (− 13.1513)

  

R-squared

0.8208

  

DW stat

2.0308

 WP_Mbarara =  > RP_Kampala [ARDL (4, 0, 1)]

LR symmetry imposed

ΔRP_Kampala(− 1)

− 0.0322 (− 0.4785)

WP_Mbarara

0.7320*** (8.1315)

ΔRP_Kampala(− 2)

− 0.0453 (− 0.6799)

C

2.2176*** (3.8883)

ΔRP_Kampala(− 3)

− 0.1906*** (− 2.8575)

  

ΔWP_Mbarara

0.6144***(9.2364)

  

ECT(− 1)

− 0.5340***(− 8.0188)

  

R-squared

0.8476

  

DW stat

1.9903

BEANS

 WP_Masindi =  > WP_Kampala [ARDL (1, 0, 3)]

WP_Masindi+

0.8400*** (10.2231)

ΔWP_Masindi

0.6249***(7.1565)

WP_Masindi

0.8054*** (9.5742)

ΔWP_Masindi(− 1)

0.1194 (1.2747)

C

7.2774***(132.3281)

ΔWP_Masindi(− 2)

− 0.2407*** (− 2.6524)

  

ECT(− 1)

− 0.5907***(− 7.6232)

  

R-squared

0.8248

  

DW stat

1.9613

 WP_Masindi =  > RP_Kampala [ARDL (3, 0, 2)]

WP_Masindi+

0.5264*** (9.6489)

ΔRP_Kampala(− 1)

0.1191 (1.5956)

WP_Masindi

0.4884*** (8.7823)

ΔRP_Kampala(− 2)

− 0.1465* (− 1.9637)

C

7.5714***(217.6952)

ΔWP_Masindi

0.2221***(3.2310)

  

ΔWP_Masindi(− 1)

0.1300* (1.8033)

  

ECT(− 1)

− 0.6539*** (− 8.0303)

  

R-squared

0.8180

  

DW stat

1.9500

MAIZE (LR and SR symmetry imposed in both models)

 WP_Masindi =  > RP_Kampala [ARDL (1, 0)]

WP_Masindi

0.4036*** (9.3802)

ECT(− 1)

− 0.4552*** (− 8.9234)

C

4.6513*** (16.3322)

R-squared

0.8230

  

DW stat

1.9583

 WP_Tororo =  > RP_Kampala

[ARDL (1, 1)]

WP_Tororo

0.4581*** (8.3507)

ΔWP_Tororo

0.3389*** (8.2747)

C

4.2247*** (11.3934)

ECT(− 1)

− 0.3558*** (− 5.0363)

  

R-squared

0.8575

  

DW stat

2.0582

  1. LR and SR denote long run and short run, respectively. The superscripts “+” and “−” denote positive and negative partial sums, respectively, Δ denotes the first difference operator, * and *** denote significance at the 10% and 1% levels, respectively, ECT is the Error Correction Term signifying the proportion of the long-term imbalance of the dependent variable that is corrected in each short-run period, figures in parentheses () are t-statistics