Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179953 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
GlobalFood Discussion Papers No. 122
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood, Göttingen
Abstract: 
While there is rich literature covering theoretical concepts of transaction costs very few empirical strategies have been provided to estimate them. The theoretical framework proposed in this paper is based on a unit value decomposition and dedines transaction costs as the difference between a unit value and a frontier value realized in a situation without transaction costs. Estimates of transaction costs are obtained by means of stochastic frontier models with the data from Kenyan maize farmers. We find a magnitude of 12-18% for maize transactions in rural Kenya and identify drive time, market distance,education and counterparts in negotiations as main determinants.
Subjects: 
transaction costs
stochastic frontier analysis
food prices
Kenya
JEL: 
D4
Q13
Q11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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