With the 2008 EU's CAP reform the governance of the EU's dairy sector changes. This paper focuses on governance structures between dairy farms and milk processors. To get insight in regional differences within the EU, a literature research and interviews are conducted in three case study areas,...

This paper identifies market and commodity characteristics that seem to support successful cooperative bargaining in markets for farm output. Bargaining is not just about increasing prices paid to farmers; indeed, although there is very little empirical research that addresses the issue, what...

O presente trabalho avaliou as características das séries de retornos, normalmenteencontradas em séries financeiras, para dados do mercado de arroz em casca ao produtordo Rio Grande do Sul. Um modelo da classe GARCH (1,1) tipo VaR foi utilizado paraobter previsões da variância condicional e...

The main question posed in the paper asks why do some cooperative arrangements in agricultural markets survive and succeed and others fail? We define “success” and factors affecting success of cooperation using transaction costs theory and game theory. Transaction costs theory provides...

Markets for agricultural products may be inefficient when signals do not adequately reflect product characteristics important to market participants. Although preferences can be explicitly stated through price premiums or characteristic values can be determined via hedonic methods, the problem...

Markets for agricultural products may be inefficient when signals do not adequately reflect product characteristics important to market participants. Although preferences can be explicitly stated through price premiums or characteristic values can be determined via hedonic methods, the problem...

The main question posed in the paper asks why do some cooperative arrangements in agricultural markets survive and succeed and others fail? We define success and factors affecting success of cooperation using transaction costs theory and game theory. Transaction costs theory provides insights on...