BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;Trade\, Development and Political Economy presentsCutting Out The Middleman: The Structure of Chains of IntermediationAuthors: Meredith\nStartz and Matthew Grant Wholes alers and other\nintermediaries play a major role in trade. In survey data from Nigeria\, the\nauthors find that there are on average at least three separate intermediaries\nbetween an international manufacturer and a Nige rian consumer. The authors\nmodel the formation of these chains\, and thei r implications for measurement of\ntrade costs and consumer welfare across locations within Nigeria. They find\nthat consumers in entrepôts benefit from indirect demand flowing through their\nlocation\, and consumers in en d destinations can also benefit from longer chains\nof intermediation in s ome cases. Taking chains into account also suggests that\nestimates of dis tance costs in developing countries are biased upward\, and may\ncontribut e less to consumer-producer price gaps than typically thought. \; Mere dith StartzAssistant Professor\, EconomicsDartmouth CollegeMeredith Startz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth. Her research is at t he\nintersection of development and trade\, and focuses on how contracting problems\nshape transactions and firms in developing countries. Click her e to registerFor more information\, please contact Devashish Mitra\, dmitr a@syr.edu or to request accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. DTEND:20210510T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T165039Z DTSTART:20210510T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cutting Out The Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediatio n UID:RFCALITEM639140142391650756 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

Trade\, Development and Political Economy presents


Cutting Out The Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediat ion

Authors: Meredith\nStartz and Matthew Grant


Wholesalers and other\nintermediaries play a major role in trade. In survey data from Nigeria\, the\nauthors find that there are on average at least three separate intermediaries\nbetween an interna tional manufacturer and a Nigerian consumer. The authors\nmodel the format ion of these chains\, and their implications for measurement of\ntrade cos ts and consumer welfare across locations within Nigeria. They find\nthat c onsumers in entrepôts benefit from indirect demand flowing through their\n location\, and consumers in end destinations can also benefit from longer chains\nof intermediation in some cases. Taking chains into account also s uggests that\nestimates of distance costs in developing countries are bias ed upward\, and may\ncontribute less to consumer-producer price gaps than typically thought. \;


Mered ith Startz

Assistant Professor\, Economics

Dartmouth College


Meredith Startz is an Assistant Professor of Econ omics at Dartmouth. Her research is at the\nintersection of development an d trade\, and focuses on how contracting problems\nshape transactions and firms in developing countries.


Click here to register


For m ore information\, please contact Devashish Mitra\, dmitra@syr.edu or to re quest accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebick ne@syr.edu.

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