Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266389 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] World Development [ISSN:] 0305-750X [Volume:] 133 [Article No.:] 105006 [Publisher:] Elsevier BV [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] --
Publisher: 
Elsevier BV, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Fair Trade certification aims at transferring wealth from the consumer to the farmer; however, coffee passes through many hands before reaching final consumers. Bringing together retail, wholesale, and stock market data, this study estimates how much more consumers are paying for Fair Trade-certified coffee in US supermarkets and finds estimates around $1.50 per lb. The study then assesses how this price premium is split between the different stages of the value chain: most of the premium goes to the roaster’s profit margin, while the retailer surprisingly makes smaller absolute profits on Fair Trade-certified coffee, compared to conventional coffee. In the period studied in this study, the coffee farmer receives about a sixth of the price premium paid by the consumer.
Subjects: 
Coffee
Fair trade
Price premium
Value chain
Voluntary sustainability standards
JEL: 
L15
L31
O13
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Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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