Table 1 Regression Results for the Effect of Distance and Commodity Tonnage on Forecast Accuracy,,,, Dependent variable: commodity forecast error,,,, ,,,, Independent variable,Coefficient,t-statistic,, Constant,0.24,2.4,, Distance ratio for commodity,0.10,1.4,, Observed inflows of commodity to state,–1.65,–1.4,, ,,,, Adjusted R2: 0.03,,,, Note: Dependent variable measured in absolute value terms; observed inflows as reported in tables A1–A 7. ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,