Why small-scale tuna fishers in Indonesia enter into contracts
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Why small-scale tuna fishers in Indonesia enter into
contracts: the influence of transaction costs, risk and
trust (study case in East Java, Indonesia)
Dias Satria
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Introduction
• The development of the small-scale fishing economies requires an
improvement of the market institution to ensure the reduction of
the transaction costs.
• The development of the market institution in artisan Tuna’s fishing
economies is one of the important parts in connecting smallholders
from the remotes area to the global markets.
• These improvements at the end will support local economic
development that can improve artisan fisher’s welfare.
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Transaction Costs Economics (TCE) model posits that a
governance structure is chosen in order to economize on
transaction costs. (Williamson, 1995)
The increased use of contract arrangements in small-scale Tuna
Fishing Economies between fishers and middlemen.
1. Reduce price risk (Boehlje and Ray, 1999).
2. Risk management (Hayenga et al. 2000)
3. Access to capital, so they can invest in productive assets (Key
and McBride, 2003).
4. Get a wider market access (Muth, 2007).
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Transaction cost economics framework
Governance
structure
choice
Asset and
human
specificity
Uncertainty
Frequency
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Risks and trust in Transaction cost economics framework
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Fish marketing arrangements and organization
Transaction characteristics in SFE (Small-scale fishing economies)
Transaction costs in SFE
Role and services provided by intermediaries (Middlemen) in SFE (Platteau &
Nugent 1992); (Lem et al. 2004); (Khoi & Son 2011); (Carnaje 2007) and
(Merlijn 1989).
The importance of social ties and relation norms (trust) in contractual
arrangements (B. 1975; Batt 2003; Batt & Rexha 1999; Doney & Cannon
1997; Hö ffler 2006; Moorman, Deshpandé & Zaltman 1993).
Small-scale tuna fishing economies
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Research Gap
Transaction Cost
Economics
Risks
behavior
Trusts
small-
scale Tuna
fishing
economies
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Transaction
Characteristics
• Asset and human
specificity
• Uncertainty
• Frequency
• Others
Marketing
arrangements
• Spot markets
(auction markets)
• Hybrid (contract)
• Vertical integration
Risks behavior
Trust
Transaction costs
Model development
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Objectives
To examine the importance of risks behavior, trust and the transaction characteristics (asset
and human specificity, frequency and uncertainty) in triggering small-scale tuna fishers to
engage in a contract with intermediaries.
1. To investigate the transaction characteristics factors (asset & human specificity,
frequency and uncertainty) influencing small-scale fishers to engage a contract with
the intermediary.
2. To examine the importance of risk behavior in the contract relationship between small-
scale fishers and the intermediary.
3. To analyze the role of trust in the contract fishing in small-scale tuna fishing economies.
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Methods
1. Introduction
2. Questionnaire development
3. Operationalization and measurement variables
4. Selection of the samples
5. Data analysis
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Result and discussion
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Demographic of tuna fishers in East Java
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Ethnicity
23.57
0.38
68.44
0.38
0.76
0.76
3.04
1.13
0 20 40 60 80
Jawa
Madura
Bugis
Bajo
Flores
Ambon
Lombok
Others
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Variable Mean Std.
Dev.
Andon Local Auctions
market
No
Auctions
market
Human
specificity
4.08 0.56 4.10 4.06 4.03 4.11
Uncertainty 2.90 0.93 2.74 3.15 3.01 2.85
Frequency 3.25 0.66 3.35 3.11 3.20 3.28
Searching
costs
2.685 0.918 2.45 3.02 2.78 2.63
Negotiation
costs
2.79 1.01 2.63 3.04 2.89 2.75
Monitoring
costs
2.47 1.10 2.68 2.16 2.78 2.33
Trust 3.69 0.44 3.72 3.65 3.59 3.74
Risk
perception
3.27 0.65 3.50 2.92 3.68 3.07
Risk
behavior
2.25 0.589 2.39 2.03 2.34 2.21
Market
participation
19.82% 36.52 21.46% 17.40% 44.57% 8.03%
Transaction costs, risks and trust in artisan Tuna fishing economies
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Policy options
• Development of market institutions especially in functioning the auctions
market system (Market access to regional and international traders)
• The importance of legal frameworks and enforcement in market
arrangements to reduce risks.
• Investment policy in regards to the attraction of the foreign processors
close to the port. (cut the transaction costs)
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Acknowledgment
Ministry of Education, Indonesia
School of agriculture, food and wine, The University of Adelaide
Brawijaya university, Malang, Indonesia
Dr Elton Li (Principal supervisor)
Dr Amos Gyau (External supervisor)
A/Prof. Johan Bruwer (Prev. co. supervisor)
Mark K. Brindal (Independent supervisor)
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Thank you
Editor's Notes
In this research, basically, I want to investigate the problems facing by the small holders in accessing a high value market based on the TCE framework. And askio ng, why they are engaging in a contract with intermediary (middlemen) and why they don’t go directly into the auctions market which is offering better price than the intermediary.
I would like to start my presentation with the importance of improvement of the market institution
Because the one of the root problems why small holders cannot access a high value market is due to poor market institution (no regulation, no enforcement etc.)
In the tuna’s value chain in Indonesia, especially in east. There is a unique chain in which intermediary or local traders or middlemen took an important role in value chain.
Higher level of asset specificity are associated with increased vertical coordination.
Uncertainty generally encourages tighter coordination of marketing channels.
The sophistication of governance forms increase with frequency. This logic suggest that as asset specificity increases, contracts of longer duration will be adopted to limit the potential for moral hazard.
Trust is believed to:
Lower cost of transactions and allow for greater flexibility to respond to changing market conditions;
Lead to important information sharing which increase coordination and joint efforts to diminish inefficiencies; and
Facilitate investments in relation-specific assets’ which improve productivity (B. 1975; Batt 2003; Batt & Rexha 1999; Doney & Cannon 1997; Höffler 2006; Moorman, Deshpandé & Zaltman 1993)
Most of the Transaction cost economics frameworks have been applied broadly in some agricultural research (Fafchamps & Gabre-Madhin 2001; Kherallah & Kirsten 2002; Kirsten et al. 2009; Rørstad, Vatn & Kvakkestad 2007; Vavra 2009).
The challenge is to understand the above concept and applying the theory into the STFE context.
How is the nature of transaction characteristics (asset and human specificity, uncertainty and frequency), risks behavior, social capital and trust in small-scale tuna fishing economies? How about the marketing arrangements in STFE?
Higher level of asset specificity are associated with increased vertical coordination.
Uncertainty generally encourages tighter coordination of marketing channels.
The sophistication of governance forms increase with frequency. This logic suggest that as asset specificity increases, contracts of longer duration will be adopted to limit the potential for moral hazard.
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