The paper examined variety price premium attributes, spatial andtemporal pricing patterns of cowpeas in Ogun State Nigeria. Monthlyretail cowpea prices were collected over the period of January 1989 toDecember 1999, for peu (drum) and sokoto varieties. Four marketslocated in four zones were used...

The present article aims, on the one hand, to show that the study of markets should highlight both the processes of stabilization and the processes of upholding or creation of uncertainty. On the other hand, it stresses the strategies of actors backing up both types of processes. Consequently, a...

Notre propos est de comprendre comment s'institutionnalisent les processus de marché qui ne sont aucunement des entités émergeant spontanément d'un déterminisme économique. En effet, l'existence de déterminations économiques est un fait bien réel, qui ne peut, toutefois, occulter la...