Returns to social capital among traders

Using data on agricultural traders in Madagascar, this paper shows that social capital has a large effect on efficiency. Better connected traders are shown to have significantly larger sales and gross margins than less connected traders after controlling for physical and human inputs. The analysis i...

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Main Authors: Fafchamps, Marcel, Minten, Bart
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1998
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161248

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