Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia

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dc.creatorTamru, Seneshaw
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.creatorSwinnen, Johan
dc.date2021-01-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:16Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:55:17Z
dc.descriptionExchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood. We study the issue of foreign exchange controls and pricing in the value chain for Ethiopia's coffee—its most important export crop. Relying on unique pricing and cost data, we find that coffee exporters are willing to incur losses during exporting by offering high prices for coffee locally in order to access scarce foreign exchange. We further find that the consequent high wholesale prices for coffee are transmitted to producers, so that coffee farmers are unintended beneficiaries of this rent.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142285
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89436
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAgricultural and Applied Economics Association
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133414
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTamru, Seneshaw; Minten, Bart; and Swinnen, Johan. 2021. Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics 52(1): 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12608
dc.subjectimports
dc.subjectsupply chains
dc.subjectexports
dc.subjectrent distribution
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectcoffee
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectexchange rate
dc.subjectprices
dc.titleTrade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article

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