Competition, Kinship or Reciprocity? Village Experiments in Alternative Modes of Exchange

Arjunan Subramanian and Matin Qaim

No 25434, 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: In this paper, detailed data on transactions in a village commodity market are used to explain the puzzle of sluggish agricultural supply response. We show that existence of reciprocity among sellers exhibits multiple equilibria and creates trade diversion. Large volumes of the commodity are sold to a trader who does not offer the best price, but on whom sellers depend through transactions in other markets. An implication of this trader-idiosyncratic effect on supply is that policies that affect prices may result in different supply responses.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25434

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