Market institutions and transaction costs influencing trader performance in live animal marketing in rural Ethiopian markets

In this paper, the hypothesis that performance of trading firms depends on their assets (physical, financial, human capital and social capital) and trading practices is tested with data from a sample of 131 live animal traders in 38 rural Ethiopian highland markets. Most traders used own capital as...

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Main Authors: Jabbar, M.A., Benin, Samuel, Gabre-Madhin, E.Z., Paulos, Z.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28816

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