channels of product movement but also in the end-to-end supply chain of products, i.e., from the field to the end consumer …-processing-industrial production-trade". The relationship between the efficiency and the links in supply chains and also the key factors that affect … each supply chain link and reduce the share of retail trade in the gross turnover. Recommendations are proposed to improve …

Transaction costs are a major reason why international trade flows are much smaller than traditional trade theory would … suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the mystery of missing trade can be attributed to the …