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| Title: | A Theory of Standards-Driven Rural Development |
| Authors: | Swinnen, Johan
Rozelle, Scott
Xiang, Tao
Vandemoortele, Thijs |
| Authors (Email): | Swinnen, Johan (jo.swinnen@econ.kuleuven.be)
Rozelle, Scott (rozelle@stanford.edu)
Xiang, Tao (xiang.tao@econ.kuleuven.be)
Vandemoortele, Thijs (thijs.vandemoortele@econ.kuleuven.be) |
| Keywords: | Standards
Rural Development
Vertical Differentiation
Partial Equilibrium |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | Contributed Paper
773 |
| Abstract: | Consumers have increasing demands for product standards. This has important implications for development. This paper develops a formal theory of the process of the introduction of high product standards in developing countries. The model endogenizes the introduction of high standards. Initial differences in income, the nature of capital constraints and transaction costs, the initial production structure and policies and institutions are shown to affect the likelihood of and the size of the high standards economy. Initial differences in some of these same factors—as well as inter-country differences in the distribution of the sizes of farmers—are also shown to determine which producers are included, and which not. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/51475 |
| Institution/Association: | International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China |
| Total Pages: | 34 |
| Collections: | 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
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