Middlemen, fair traders, and poverty

We propose a spatial model of producer market access where local middlemen reap market power due to match friction, and fair traders enter to present an alternative. The model features location as a key determinant of the impact of fair trader entry on the market share of fair traders, the distribut...

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Published in:Journal of economic inequality 2016-03, Vol.14 (1), p.81-108
Main Authors: Chau, Nancy H., Goto, Hideaki, Kanbur, Ravi
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Artisans
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Developing countries
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Economic Growth
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Fair trade
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Income inequality
International Economics
International relations
International trade
LDCs
Market shares
Political Science
Poverty
Production capacity
Profits
Public Finance
Studies
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Consumers
Developing countries
Development Economics
Economic Growth
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Economics and Finance
Equilibrium
Fair trade
Friction
Income inequality
International Economics
International relations
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Market shares
Political Science
Poverty
Production capacity
Profits
Public Finance
Studies
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