Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

1925 - 2026

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Volume 97, issue 2, 2026

The role of agricultural cooperatives in improving mechanization levels: Differences between outsourcing machinery services and household‐owned machines pp. 225-245

Wanglin Ma, Junpeng Li, Amaka Precious Nnaji and Edinam Dope Setsoafia

The degree of cooperativism in Europe: Towards an evaluation model for cooperative banking pp. 247-265

Francisco Salas‐Molina, Juan Juliá‐Igual and Ricardo Palomo‐Zurdo

Extending the firm versus industry debate into social enterprises: A multilevel analysis on Spanish cooperatives 2008–2023 pp. 267-290

Pablo Doucet and Marta Solórzano‐García

Prioritizing sustainability in agricultural marketing cooperative research: A bibliometric analysis pp. 291-319

Ananya Khajuria and Shaveta Kohli

The sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives: A systematic literature review pp. 321-367

Pierre Chollet, Geoffroy Enjolras, Iciar Pavez and Louis‐Antoine Saïsset

How sustainable are the farmer producer companies (FPCs) in India?—Unravelling the determinants of farmers’ perceptions through multivariate analyses pp. 369-399

Shreya Anand, Souvik Ghosh, Anirban Mukherjee and Arijit Roy

The role of the non‐profit sector in the efficiency of elderly social services: A bootstrap data envelopment analysis study pp. 401-424

Georgina Solaz‐Moreno, Amadeo Fuenmayor Fernández and Teresa Savall Morera

Entry resources and the survival of worker‐owned firms pp. 425-454

Thibault Mirabel

Are informal shoe‐shiners inclined to transmute into a formal sector?—An exploratory study in Hawassa City, Ethiopia pp. 455-468

Adugna Wodajo and R. Karunakaran

In for a penny: An empirical study of earthquake experience and non‐pharmaceutical intervention effectiveness in the Marche region pp. 469-501

Vincenzo Alfano, Salvatore Capasso and Salvatore Ercolano

Assessing the link between social capital and health outcomes in the Italian regions: An empirical analysis pp. 503-536

Maria Alessandra Antonelli and Giorgia Marini

Local government procurement costs and Community Wealth Building Initiatives in England pp. 537-550

Rubab Ahmed, Tanith C. Rose, Bruce Hollingsworth, Vincent O'Sullivan and Ben Barr

Volume 97, issue 1, 2026

Recent advances in policy and project evaluation: Cost–benefit analysis and beyond pp. 5-15

Chiara F. Del Bo and Massimo Florio

Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters pp. 17-41

Aidan Vining and Anthony Boardman

Designing a national benefit–cost analysis system pp. 43-76

Dale Whittington

Possible welfare benefits of basic income support: Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa pp. 77-108

Carolyn Chisadza, Margaret Chitiga‐Mabugu, Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Nicky Nicholls, Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso and Eleni Yitbarek

Just what the doctor ordered? The benefits and costs of e‐cigarette regulation in Australia pp. 109-126

Don Kenkel, Alan Mathios, Grace Phillips, Revathy Suryanarayana, Hua Wang and Sen Zeng

Education matters: the emergence of social media and scepticism towards science pp. 127-157

Gianluca Cerruti

The costs of geopolitical risk and the impact of the EU cohesion policy pp. 159-182

Paolo Di Caro, Roberta Arbolino and Ugo Fratesi

Cost–benefit analysis of landfill emergency securing: Two applications in Southern Italy pp. 183-205

Nicola Comincioli, Ilenia Gaia Romani and Sergio Vergalli

Cost‐benefit analysis to provide decision criteria: A case study of municipalities in Japan pp. 207-217

Shin‐ichi Hanada

Volume 96, issue 4, 2025

Gender equity in the social economy: Achievements, limitations and challenges for transformation pp. 669-678

Marie J. Bouchard, Anjel Errasti and Carmen Marcuello

The role of the social economy as a transformative agent in labour markets: Contribution to the reduction of gender gaps in job quality pp. 679-696

Rosa Belén Castro Núñez, Rosa Santero‐Sánchez and Lidia de Castro Romero

Pathways to women's empowerment and social inclusion through cooperative entrepreneurship: Insights from Morocco pp. 697-730

Aicha Ahnach, Wiam Zouhair and Lahoussine Rachidi

Feminist economy and care cooperatives from a gender perspective: The experience of three Latin American countries pp. 731-748

María Alejandra Inostroza‐Correa, Paula Miranda and Leonardo Alonso Araya Arcos

Gender, SSE and French public policies for ageing at home: Gender, French associations and caring policies pp. 749-767

Annie Dussuet and Louise Gasté

(In)Equality and commitments: Women on cooperatives’ boards of directors in Belgium pp. 769-792

Zoé Marlier and Frédéric Dufays

Transformational leadership and performance in social economy entities: The moderating effect of board gender diversity pp. 793-819

Inocencia Mª Martínez‐León, Isabel Olmedo‐Cifuentes, Jorge Luis Sánchez‐Navarro and Narciso Arcas‐Lario

The gender pay gap in shared‐ownership firms: Determinants, variation and parity‐seeking measures pp. 821-841

Saioa Arando Lasagabaster and Agurtzane Lekuona Agirretxe

A gender approach on the contribution of the social and solidarity economy to regional employment: The case of the Basque autonomous community pp. 843-873

Artitzar Erauskin‐Tolosa, Xuban Díez‐Izagirre, Aitziber Etxezarreta‐Etxarri, Julen Izagirre‐Olaizola and Jon Morandeira‐Arca

Exploring the relationship between the gender composition of senior company bodies and surplus distribution in worker cooperatives in the MONDRAGON Corporation pp. 875-899

Ainhoa Ibarzabal‐Zulaika, Iñaki Arenaza‐Bengoa, Beñat Herce‐Lezeta and Fred Freundlich

Gender equality in the social and solidarity economy: Insights from Moroccan Sahrawi society pp. 901-930

Fatima Ez‐zahrae Fatihi and Khadija Angade

Volume 96, issue 3, 2025

Mapping the relevance and influence of gender in social economy enterprises: A review based on bibliographic analysis pp. 433-453

Esther García‐Río, Francisco Rincon‐Roldan and Pedro Baena‐Luna

Unveiling the role of government support: Empirical studies on the performance of cooperatives in Vietnam pp. 455-486

An Thi Thuy Duong

Gender blindness in the ‘Next Generation European Union’ funds: Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation social economy as an exception to the rule pp. 487-511

María Bastida, Miguel Á. Vázquez Taín, Alberto Vaquero García and María Luisa del Río Araújo

Towards sustainable climate‐smart agriculture: A cost–benefit analysis of a modernized irrigation district in Spain pp. 513-542

Nicola Comincioli, Cristina El Khoury, Davide Bazzana, Demis Legrenzi, Fernando Nardi, Daniel A. Segovia‐Cardozo, Sergio Vergalli and Leonor Rodríguez‐Sinobas

What factors influence the vertical integration of agricultural cooperatives?—Evidence from 500 cooperatives in Heilongjiang, China pp. 543-570

Yuxin Liu, Lihan Cao, Runqi Guo and Eryang Liu

The economic potential of home sharing cooperatives for active ageing of older people pp. 571-608

Carlos Rosa‐Jiménez, Rubén Mora‐Esteban, Germán Ortega‐Palomo and Juan Marcos Castro‐Bonaño

Instant lottery innovation, tax compliance and herd effects, an impact assessment in Brazil pp. 609-633

Jorge Luis Tonetto, Adelar Fochezatto, Josep Miquel Pique and Carina Rapetti

Unveiling the potential of community financing for entrepreneurs: A systematic review and research agenda pp. 635-664

Samanwita Mishra and Chandan Kumar Sahoo

Volume 96, issue 2, 2025

Women leading the charge in the social and solidarity economy: A snapshot of gender perceptions of entrepreneurship pp. 201-223

María Bastida, Alberto Vaquero García, Miguel Ángel Vázquez Taín and Marisa Del Río Araújo

Failure of cooperative self‐regulation: An exploration of cooperative regulatory violations pp. 225-256

Caleb M. Houston and Jennifer D. Hamrick

Pathways towards member participation in governance of cooperatives: Conjunction of motivations and resources in the case of French community energy pp. 257-299

Adélie Ranville

Does cultural difference impede the allocation of government procurement? Evidence from China pp. 301-320

Wenqi Li, Yiping Wu and Jinyu Wu

The impact of joint liability lending on leveraging social capital pp. 321-340

Weijia Wang and Hanying Qi

Communication, principal–agent alignment and performance: Evidence from Brazilian agricultural co‐operatives pp. 341-361

Celina Martinez Georges, Jasper Grashuis, Silvia Morales de Queiroz Caleman and Guilherme Fowler de Avila Monteiro

A population‐level approach to distributional weighting pp. 363-399

Daniel J. Acland and Steven Raphael

‘It's Ours’: Understanding the aspects of ownership in financial cooperatives pp. 401-428

Murhula Cubaka Patrick and Balemba Kanyurhi Eddy

Volume 96, issue 1, 2025

Why are there fewer and fewer cooperatives in the agricultural sector? A survival analysis within a competing risk framework pp. 5-21

Jasper Grashuis and Jason R. V. Franken

The influence of social capital on perceived social mobility: Empirical evidence pp. 23-41

Alessandro Cascavilla

The indispensable function of agricultural cooperatives in South Sudan pp. 43-64

Nicola Francesconi, Justin Miteng and Fleur Wouterse

Effect of women's self‐help group participation on their financial inclusion measured through a women‐centric index: A study in North‐East India pp. 65-97

Priyanka Roy and Binoti Patro

The effects of corporate social responsibility on member loyalty: The mediating effect of psychological ownership and customer citizenship behaviour in Korean consumer cooperatives pp. 99-120

Sunhwa Kim, Ahyoung Kim, Kwangjin Huh and Sangsun Park

Does dairy cooperative membership improve food and nutrition security among rural farmers? A micro‐perspective from Zambia pp. 121-148

John Ng'ombe, Thomson H. Kalinda, Kwabena Nyarko Addai and Cynthia Chibebe

Cooperatives’ level of vertical integration and farm financial performance amongst smallholder farmer‐members in Sri Lanka pp. 149-170

Sanjaya Fernando, Elena Garnevska, Thiagarajah Ramilan and Nicola Shadbolt

Competitiveness in the Catalan agri‐food cooperatives: Internationalization–certification relationship pp. 171-195

Pilar Cos, Margarita Moltó, Blanca Escardíbul, José S. Millán and Natalia Aldaz