Theoretical consequence in 2013 in benin of the fight against fuel sellers of contraband and the consumers' renunciation price differential

This article presents the essential elements on the foundations and evolution of the crisis of the petroleum products commerce in Benin. After having tried without success to stop such commerce, the State has passed to the extreme during the years 2012 and 2013, putting the contribution in this struggle, soldiers, policemen and other. Then, the sellers of contraband petroleum products are henceforth more distrustful than ever with a big hostility to all kind of investigating about them. Finally, the article carries out an analysis of the behavior of the consumers of the contraband gas, in regard to the evolution of the differentials of price between the informal and formal sectors. Thanks to a threshold model, it was possible to conclude rightly or wrongly, that it exist a price differential between the formal and informal sectors, which is estimated at -45 F from which a customer of c is ready to give up to the benefit of the official sector.