Market Integration Dynamics and Asymptotic Price Convergence in Distribution

In this paper we analyse the market integration process of the relative price distribution, develop a model to analyze market integration, and present a formal test of increasing market integration. We distinguish between the economic concepts of price convergence in mean and in variance. When both...

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Autores: García Hiernaux, Alfredo Alejandro, Guerrero, David Esteban, McAleer, Michael
Formato: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/41500
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41500
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Regional and global markets
Integration
Asymptotic price convergence
Mean
Variance
Distribution.
Econometría (Economía)
5302 Econometría
Descrição
Resumo:In this paper we analyse the market integration process of the relative price distribution, develop a model to analyze market integration, and present a formal test of increasing market integration. We distinguish between the economic concepts of price convergence in mean and in variance. When both types of convergence occur, prices are said to converge in distribution. We present concepts and denitions related to the market integration process, link this to price convergence in distribution, argue that the Law of One Price (LOP) is not a sucient condition for market integration, and present a formal test of price convergence in distribution. In the empirical analysis, we analyze integration of the inland grains market in 19th Century USA.