This paper investigates an important channel through which improved access to market information could increase the prices that producers receive from middlemen. I develop a theoretical model of trade between a farmer and a middleman which allows for the existence of different types of middlemen. The source of heterogeneity is attitudes towards fairness. I provide an empirical test of the theor...

Here is described a preliminary method that enables secure “anti-search-engine” encryption, where the middleman can participate in the encrypted information exchange, without being able to understand the exchanged information, encrypted using a one-way function, as well as being unaware of one of two main exchange participants.

The sharing economy will blur the distinctions between renting and owning a wide variety of durable products. The first great entrepreneurial (Neolithic) revolution transformed hunter-gatherers into fixed agriculturalists. The second (Industrial) revolution dramatically reduced the costs of owning products. The third (Transactions Costs) revolution will reduce the costs of exchange, fostering a...

The role of middlemen in rural areas is often controversial, particularly because the positive or negative roles they play farmer livelihood. This study aims to understand farmers' perception facilitating their farming system and find out socioeconomic factors that determine what degree farmers attach themselves middlemen. To get this information, we conducted a case survey 92 respondents from ...

five thousand types of minorities live in throughout the world. a glance at the map of the distribution of the minorities, clearly demonstrate that they were resided in the most critical regions in the world. one of the newest and the most serious events which was formed about issue of minorities in international law is their unilateral secession’s request; in other words, a separation which is...

Vegetable production in Manggarai Regency is still low so that it requires supplies from other regions. This study aims to identify vegetable marketing channels and assess the efficiency of by focusing on tomatoes, beans, mustard greens, kale, as most consumed vegetables Inpres Market Ruteng City. To this end, applies margin analysis, farmer acceptance percentage analysis (F's) (Ep). The result...