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Testing a Coordination Process for Shared Goods: The Possibility of Successful Collective Action

Loehman, Edna T.; Rassenti, Stephen J. - 1997

personalized prices to determine cost shares. The experiment tested a two-stage game: a proposal phase based on a coordination …

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Under What Conditions are Decentralized Solutions to Collective Action Problems Likely?

Maier-Rigaud, Frank - 2000

"The paper outlines conditions under which decentralized approaches are likely to succeed in solving collective action problems. Criteria that render successful decentralized collective action more likely have mainly been developed in the Common Pool Resource (CPR) and International Relations...

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Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action

Ahn, Toh-Kyeong; Ostrom, Elinor; Walker, James M. - 2002

Subsequently published as:"Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action." Public Choice, 117, 2003, 295-315."Understanding cooperation in the context of social dilemma games is fundamental to understanding how alternative institutional arrangements may...

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It Works in Practice. Does It Work in Theory?

Moir, Robert - 1998

mechanism effective in curtailing excessive harvesting from the commons? The results of this economic experiment suggest that … theory. Further research is necessary to understand how individuals operate in this environment." …

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The Missing Link: Collective-Choice Policymaking in Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Child Care Centers

Bushouse, Brenda K. - 1999

to explain nonprofit production of certain types of goods. Hansmann (1980, 1986) developed Contract Failure Theory to …. Weisbrod (1977, 1988) developed the theory of Market/Government Failure to explain nonprofit production of collective goods … primary justification for the nonprofit institutional form. In Contract Failure Theory it signals quality to consumers because …

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Seasoning a Monopsonic Processor for Collective Action amongst Pepper Producers in Costa Rica

Saenz-Segura, Fernando J.F.; Schipper, Robert A.; … - 2006

The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection...

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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models

Parker, Frederick - 2011

generate dead weight loss whenmaximizing producer surpluses as expected under prevailing microeconomic theory. Theuse of …

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THE AGE OF CONTRACT AGRICULTURE: CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATION IN INPUT SUPPLY

Harl, Neil E. - 2000

Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of producers. Disparate positions of market power...

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Leveraging institutions for collective action to improve markets for smallholder producers in less-favored areas

Shiferaw, Bekele A.; Obare, Gideon A.; Geoffrey, Muricho; … - 2009

Using survey data from the community, producer marketing groups (PMGs) and farmhouseholds in Kenya, this paper investigates the potential of rural institutions (farmerorganizations, their rules and enforcement mechanisms) for remedying pervasive marketimperfections and facilitate access to new...

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ANIMAL HEALTH AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNITIES: AN EXAMPLE OF TRYPANASOMOSIS CONTROL OPTIONS IN UGANDA

McCarthy, Nancy; McDermott, John; Coleman, Paul - 2003

In many African countries, governments are re-thinking the role of the state in centrally providing certain goods and services. The rights and responsibilities for providing various public goods are being decentralized to lower levels of government administration, and/or being devolved directly...

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