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Table 5 Market dominance using Wald test in the VECM

From: Spatial market integration of rice in Bangladesh in the presence of transaction cost

Market pairs

Causality test

Results

H0: α1 = 0 vs

H0: α2 = 0 vs

\(H_{1} :\alpha_{1} \ne 0{ }\)

\(H_{1} :\alpha_{2} \ne 0{ }\)

Mymensingh-Dhaka

1.102

2.767**

Unidirectional

Rajshahi-Dhaka

0.465

6.320***

Unidirectional

Khulna-Dhaka

2.055

8.077***

Unidirectional

Chattogram-Dhaka

4.393***

4.198***

Bidirectional

Rajshahi-Mymensingh

1.112

4.196***

Unidirectional

Chattogram-Mymensingh

6.132***

0.533

Unidirectional

Khulna-Mymensingh

3.529**

1.810

Unidirectional

Khulna-Rajshahi

6.895***

3.643**

Bidirectional

Chattogram-Rajshahi

9.653***

0.737

Unidirectional

Chattogram-Khulna

6.169***

3.596**

Bidirectional

  1. ** and *** indicate the null hypotheses are rejected at 1% and 5% level of significant, respectively