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Interlinked Transactions and Competition: Experimental Evidence from Cocoa Markets∗
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Casaburi, Lorenzo Jameel, Abdul Latif Kremer, Michael Venturini, Miriam |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Interlinked transactions in which output prices are determined jointly with the terms of credit are an important feature of many business relationships. In these instances, understanding competition requires information on credit, as well as prices. We illustrate this idea using an experiment in Sierra Leone, which subsidizes traders who buy cocoa from farmers. Subsidized traders pass value to farmers either through cocoa prices or the provision of credit. A model demonstrates how the experiment can inform estimation of the degree of differentiation among traders, which is found to be low. Additional results on the pass-through of world price shocks, market size, and quantity purchased by traders also suggest that the market for farmers’ output is competitive. JEL Classification: O12, O16, Q13 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |