Le capital social et les associations: Tests économétriques sur des données de commerçants de produits vivriers du Bénin

Mourad Ayouz () and Zakari Tassou
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Mourad Ayouz: CIRED - centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Zakari Tassou: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: We seek to know if a tradesman carries out a greater profitability because of his association membership. The assumption selected is that within the associations, the tradesmen put in common runs their social capital to reduce their transaction costs. Among 512 tradesmen form Benin, we estimate that those who are in association have on average 845 $ of excessive profit. However, the estimate of a structural form shows that the effect of the social capital is moderate.

Keywords: capital social; association; institution; économétrie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-12-14
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