The effects of fair trade on coffee growers: a framework and analysis
研究了公平贸易制度对咖啡种植者福利的影响，发现尽管其目标崇高，但在改善种植者福利方面成效有限。论文构建了一个包含异质性生产者和市场信息的框架，分析了公平贸易生产和营销的特殊性对市场和福利的影响。
Abstract The world coffee market has undergone a significant transformation in the past couple of decades resulting in declining farm prices despite the fact that coffee demand has been strong and consumer prices have been soaring. Fair Trade organizations have tried to address this price imbalance by providing an alternative method of trading aimed at increasing the prices received by coffee growers. Despite their noble objectives, Fair Trade movements have had limited success in improving coffee growers’ welfare, however. This paper utilizes a novel framework of heterogeneous producers and relevant market information to provide insights on the market and welfare impacts of the Fair Trade regime when important idiosyncrasies of Fair Trade production and marketing are included in the analysis.