Wholesaler stocks and hoarding in rice markets in India

Raghbendra Jha, Hari Nagarajan

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    Abstract

    This paper examines how a combination of local and marketwise uncertainties can lead to order imbalances at the level of wholesalers. Do wholesalers have a tendency to hold more than optimal inventory in response to uncertainties in the market? More importantly, is such overshooting mean reverting? Finally, why, in the context of integrated markets, should there be such hoarding on the part of the wholesalers, for integrated markets imply hat information is mobile across centres, at least in the long run?
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2658-2661
    JournalEconomic and Political Weekly
    Volume33
    Issue number41
    Publication statusPublished - 1998

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