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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Schipmann, C
creators_name: Qaim, M
icrisatcreators_name: Schipmann, C
affiliation: ICRISAT(Nairobi)
affiliation: Georg-August-University of Goettingen(Goettingen)
country: Kenya
country: Germany
title: Modern Food Retailers and Traditional Markets in Developing Countries: Comparing Quality, Prices, and Competition Strategies in Thailand
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: restricted
note: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has funded the research that was conducted
for this paper.
abstract: Supermarkets and hypermarkets are expanding rapidly in many developing countries. While consequences for farmers and consumers were analyzed recently, little is known about the implications for traditional retail formats such as wet markets. Using data from a market survey in Thailand and hedonic regressions, we analyze quality and prices for fresh vegetables from different retail outlets. Compared to wet markets, modern retailers sell higher quality at higher prices, indicating that they are primarily targeting better-off consumers, and not directly competing for the same market segments. Yet there are signs that modern and traditional markets will gradually converge. Policy implications are discussed. 
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
volume: 33
number: 3
publisher: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
pagerange: 345-362
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2040-5804
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppr018
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funders: German Research Foundation
citation:   Schipmann, C and Qaim, M  (2011) Modern Food Retailers and Traditional Markets in Developing Countries: Comparing Quality, Prices, and Competition Strategies in Thailand.  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 33 (3).  pp. 345-362.  ISSN 2040-5804     
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