We assess the degree of cross-market price discrepancy (a proxy for market integration), its evolution over time, and … proximate determinants, using monthly price data for 21 agricultural goods and 60 markets in India. Econometric analysis shows … that cross-market price integration is positively associated with the level of transportation infrastructure, and distance …

prices, though the price impacts are perhaps more lasting. The findings from this analysis and anecdotal evidence from field …

markets by providing hedge against the price risk. These markets, therefore, are extremely important for the Indian milk … producers as these markets provide them cushion against external shocks and adversaries of price volatility. However, a word of … less price signals to other markets. It implicates that they will not be able to influence each others prices and to some …

export/import locations (Dohad/Gujarat) clearly play an important role in price discovery and influences other domestic … terms indicate that the adjustment process from short-term disequilibrium in prices to long run price equilibrium is very … consuming centres are playing an important role in price discovery in domestic chickpea markets …

Indian farm sector distress, despite the continuation of price support programme, has not declined but rather increased …

reallocate labor across activities less in response to intra-seasonal crop price changes than do non-smallholders. A …