Mobile phones and market information: Evidence from rural Cambodia

被引：53
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作者：
Shimamoto, Daichi [1 ]
Yamada, Hiroyuki [2 ]
Gummert, Martin [3 ]
机构：
[1] Waseda Univ, Waseda Inst Polit Econ, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698050, Japan
[2] Keio Univ, Fac Econ, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088345, Japan
[3] Int Rice Res Inst, Manila 1099, Philippines
来源：
FOOD POLICY | 2015年 / 57卷
基金：
日本学术振兴会;
关键词：
Agricultural markets; Market information; Mobile phone; PERFORMANCE; WELFARE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.10.005
中图分类号：
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号：
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要：
Local agricultural markets in developing countries are often characterised as oligopsonistic markets, forcing famers to sell their products below the wholesale price. However, this situation appears to be changing with the diffusion of mobile phones. We investigate how access to market information through mobile phone use affects the selling price of rice in Cambodia. We differentiate the use of mobile phones to obtain market information from household mobile phone ownership. Our results indicate that improved access to market information through mobile phone use is associated with an increase in the selling price of rice. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：135 / 141
页数：7
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