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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages 717-734Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00758.x
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transaction costs; agricultural markets; Africa; self-control
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Using detailed survey data from Uganda, this article examines whether coffee producers sell to itinerant traders or directly to markets, where they can get a higher price but must incur a transport cost. We find that selling to the market is more likely when the quantity sold is large and the market is close by. Wealthy farmers are less likely to sell to the market, possibly because the shadow value of their time is higher. But if they have a large quantity of coffee for sale, they are more likely to sell it to the market. They are also more likely to travel to a distant market. These findings are consistent with their better ability to pay for public transportation. We find no evidence that the decision to sell at the farmgate is driven by a self-control motive.
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