Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems
研究了尼日利亚城市食品供应中非正式市场制度和小规模交易者的经济关系，分析了信任、制裁和道德规范如何替代不完善的正式制度。
Informal market institutions and small-scale traders are responsible for feeding Nigerian cities. This study analyses a range of economic relationships and institutions that have evolved in the context of inadequate formal institutions such as banks and legal contracts. Through examining both personal relationships and institutional based trust, the paper explores the role of moral norms. Trust is shown to be related to sanctions, information on other parties and a range of norms that are drawn on both calculatively and habitually. The perceived moralities of different forms of institution (such as credit systems, trader associations and commission agents) are also examined.