Transaction Costs and Market Institutions: Grain Brokers in Ethiopia

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i CONTENTS CONTENTS........................................................................................................... i ABSTRACT ...........................................................................................................ii 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 2. DATA DESCRIPTION................................................................................ 6 3. ESTIMATION OF TRANSACTION COSTS OF MARKET SEARCH ......... 8 4. TRADERS’ SEQUENTIAL CHOICE AND USE OF BROKERS .............. 13 5. ESTIMATION RESULTS FOR TRADERS’ LONG DISTANCE TRADE ................................................................................................................. 17 6. ESTIMATION RESULTS FOR TRADERS’ USE OF BROKERS ............. 19 7. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS...................................... 22 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................. 31
ii List of Tables Table 1 – Instrument Variables Estimation of Transaction Revenue .................. 25 Table 2 – Long Distance Trade and Use of Brokers by Type of Market ............. 26 Table 3 – Tobit Estimation of the Shares of Long-Distance Trade ..................... 27 Table 4 – Tobit Estimation of the Shares of Broker Use for Distant Trade ......... 28 List of Figures Figure 1 – Opportunity Cost of Working Capital ................................................. 29 Figure 2 – Opportunity Cost of Search Labor ..................................................... 30
Page 1: MSSD DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 31 TRANSA
Page 5 and 6: 1 1. INTRODUCTION Transaction costs
Page 7 and 8: 3 traders’ profit functions, usin
Page 9 and 10: 5 wholesalers (Lirenso, 1993; Amha,
Page 11 and 12: 7 the number of family members avai
Page 13 and 14: 9 trader’s social capital and act
Page 15 and 16: 11 working capital holds at the 13%
Page 17 and 18: 13 4. TRADERS’ SEQUENTIAL CHOICE
Page 19 and 20: 15 A trader’s participation const
Page 21 and 22: 17 5. ESTIMATION RESULTS FOR TRADER
Page 23 and 24: 19 7. ESTIMATION RESULTS FOR TRADER
Page 25 and 26: 21 second model specification, the
Page 27 and 28: 23 trading networks, along with a r
Page 29 and 30: 25 Table 1. Instrumental Variables
Page 31 and 32: 27 Table 3. Variable Tobit Estimati
Page 33 and 34: 29 Figure 1. Opportunity Cost of Wo
Page 35 and 36: 31 BIBLIOGRAPHY Aitken, M., G. Garv
Page 37: 33 Rubinstein, Ariel and Asher Woli

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