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Table 2 Summary statistics for maize price returns

From: Examining the determinants of global and local price passthrough in cereal markets: evidence from DCC-GJR-GARCH and panel analyses

 

Mean

Median

Maximum

Minimum

Std. dev.

Skewness

Kurtosis

Jarque-Bera

International maize price

0.007

0.004

0.210

− 0.236

0.075

− 0.164

4.176

5.841a

Argentina

0.008

0.004

0.277

− 0.228

0.079

0.582

5.366

27.228c

Brazil

0.003

0.009

0.184

− 0.244

0.071

− 0.326

3.924

5.016a

Cameroon

0.01

0.016

0.314

− 0.147

0.06

1.728

12.007

364.521c

Ethiopia

0.009

0.001

0.507

− 0.311

0.121

0.519

5.803

34.998c

Israel

0.007

0.007

0.156

− 0.17

0.051

− 0.475

5.158

21.782c

Mozambique

− 0.001

0.000

0.182

− 0.375

0.094

− 0.928

5.988

48.465c

Nicaragua

0.007

0.028

0.239

− 0.554

0.147

− 1.419

5.836

63.017c

Nigeria

0.004

0.001

0.372

− 0.378

0.119

− 0.515

4.756

16.23c

Panama

0.009

0.000

0.154

− 0.192

0.057

− 0.231

4.521

9.9c

Peru

0.009

0.007

0.123

− 0.034

0.026

1.962

9.055

203.863c

Rwanda

0.004

0.011

0.434

− 0.605

0.13

− 1.04

8.364

129.644c

Salvador

0.004

0.000

0.214

− 0.147

0.064

0.451

4.786

15.687c

South Africa

0.005

0.011

0.232

− 0.238

0.075

− 0.103

4.026

4.287

Uganda

0.005

0.01

0.535

− 0.546

0.171

− 0.361

4.233

8.000b

Ukraine

0.005

0.016

0.323

− 0.521

0.114

− 2.262

11.622

371.29c

Zambia

− 0.003

0.013

0.145

− 0.324

0.079

− 1.376

5.565

55.448c

  1. a, b and c indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively