price changes of 2008. In this analysis the volatility of the maize futures price at three different commodity futures …

This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize … rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices between 2000 and 2008 for Kenya, Tanzanian and Uganda. Distance is …

may bear little relationship with market prices. We econometrically estimate shadow prices of maize using data from a … traditional but not improved maize varieties. They are particularly high in the indigenous areas of southern and southeastern … Mexico, indicating large de facto incentives to maintain traditional maize there. …

transaction costs are not binding. I estimate the proportion of land subsistence maize farmers allocate to traditional versus … modern maize varieties using nationally representative rural household data from Mexico the center of diversity of maize. I …

increase its maize exports to other countries. If global maize production is lower than usual due to supply shocks in major … exporting regions, Tanzania may be able to export more maize at higher prices, even if it also experiences below …