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Market Emergence and Transition: Arbitrage, Transaction Costs, and Autarky in China's Grain Markets
Authors:Albert Park  Hehui Jin  Scott Rozelle  & Jikun Huang
Institution:Department of Economics, University of Michigan,;Department of Economics, Stanford University,;Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California at Davis,;Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Abstract:Using trimonthly Chinese provincial grain prices from 1988 to 1995, we estimate a parity-bounds model of interregional trade for four subperiods to characterize how multiple aspects of market performance change during the process of economic transition. For each period, we estimate the extent to which arbitrage opportunities are realized by traders, the transaction costs between location pairs, and the likelihood that regions do not trade. Trade restrictions cannot explain the pattern of uneven market development over time. Infrastructure bottlenecks, managerial incentive reforms, and production specialization policies, all were likely important factors affecting market performance.
Keywords:arbitrage  China  grain  integration  markets  transaction costs  transition
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