Cooperative theory
Subtitle: new approaches
By: [edited by Jeffrey S. Royer]
Contributors: United States. Agricultural Cooperative Service
Series: ACS service report -- no. 18; ACS service report -- no. 18.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Cooperative Service
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Cooperative Agriculture; Cooperative societies; Cooperation
Other titles: Cooperative theory, new approaches
Notes: Cover title.

"The nine papers contained in this report were written as part of an ACS project ..."--Page iii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The methodology and requirements of a theory of modern cooperative enterprise / Andrew M. Condon; title: The structural characteristics of farmer cooperatives and their behavioral consequences / John M. Staatz; title: Thinking about farmers' cooperatives, contracts, and economic coordination / James D. Shaffer; title: Farmers' incentives to take collective action via cooperatives : a transaction cost approach / John M. Staatz; title: Cooperatives and contestable/sustainable markets / V. James Rhodes; title: A game-theoretic analysis of decisionmaking in farmer cooperatives / John M. Staatz; title: Competition among cooperatives / V. James Rhodes; title: Large agricultural cooperatives / V. James Rhodes; title: Agricultural cooperatives : a unified theory of pricing, finance, and investment / Ronald W. Cotterill.