This study gives a theoretical explanation to why the slaughter cooperative Swedish Meats demutualized in 2007. The … hypothesis is that the problems related to the vaguely defined property rights of the cooperative raised the members’ agency … costs to an extent that these costs exceeded the members’ perceived benefits from trading with the cooperative. To test this …

attributed to the cooperative. …

. The institutions, a Regulatory Marketing Board and a Regulatory Marketing Cooperative, are both represented in the … highest social welfare. The Cooperative does not replicate the Board solution unless restricted by a price cap and in … combination with a production subsidy. If the restricted Cooperative is able to practise a higher degree of cost sharing than the …

and structure of the Danish potato starch cooperative KMC as a historical example. The transaction cost framework has been …-based downstream market have resulted on the emergence of the new generation cooperative. …

may serve as a yardstick of production to the cooperative, helping farmers achieve an increased payoff relative to a …

Union (EU 16), Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. The analysed period is 2000-2010. The conclusions are concentrated mostly on …

Although Greece is one of the older Member States of the European Union, its agricultural structures have not followed …

Rural Development policies and measures has since long been a primary aim for public policies in the EU and Greece … development in a rural region in Greece is the main objective of the current study. Specifically, it is aimed to assess potential …