Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

1925 - 2025

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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 N. 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

Volume 95, issue 3, 2024

Economic performance of rural collective‐owned cooperatives: Determinants and influence mechanism pp. 629-653

Jiayi Wang and Yongping Wang

Terms of trade volatility and tax revenue in Sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 655-674

Godfrey J. Kweka

Beyond conventional models: Lending by Native Community Development Financial Institutions pp. 675-701

Valentina Dimitrova‐Grajzl, Peter Grajzl, Joseph Guse, Michou Kokodoko and Laurel Wheeler

Improving member satisfaction with cooperatives: The role of participation in governance pp. 703-722

Ziming Liu, Jie Qu, Xinrui Wu, Xing Niu and Shuyi Feng

A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy pp. 723-759

Cristian Barra and Anna Papaccio

Does government effectiveness moderate public spending on education–shadow economy nexus in ASEAN countries? pp. 761-781

Toan Khanh Tran Pham

The effect of signaling on crowdfunding performance on social economy organizations in South Korea pp. 783-813

Sun Hee Lee and Sang‐Youn Lee

Participation and commercialization in producer cooperatives: Insights on the role of cooperative functioning and equity strategies pp. 815-834

Esther J. Cheyo, Edmond Nyuyki Mainimo, Daniel M. Okello, Walter Odongo and Stephen W. Kalule

Gender pay gap in the microfinance industry: A global perspective pp. 835-862

Md Aslam Mia, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Wai‐Yan Wong and Sunil Sangwan

Strengthening local economies through social capital: The role of cooperative firms in driving economic growth in Italy pp. 863-882

Giuseppe Terzo, Giuseppe Notarstefano and Umberto Di Maggio

SOEs' commitment to transparency: Voluntary disclosure as a driver of mandatory disclosure pp. 883-917

Estíbaliz Biedma López, Manuel Larrán Jorge, Nieves Gómez Aguilar and María C. Conesa Carril

The effect of trust and social pressure on member commitment in agricultural cooperatives – Evidence from China pp. 919-944

Jinghui Hao, Jos Bijman, Wim Heijman and Ming Gao

Volume 95, issue 2, 2024

Cooperative employment in the regions of Spain (1999–2019): The convergence clubs pp. 305-325

María Candelaria Barrios‐González, Ana María García‐Pérez and Vanessa Yanes‐Estévez

Does cooperative membership enhance inorganic fertilizer use intensity? Panel data evidence from maize farmers in Ethiopia pp. 327-361

Abebayehu Girma Geffersa

Do farmers' professional cooperatives improve agricultural technical efficiency? Evidence using a national‐level dataset of China pp. 363-383

Menglu Li, Shemei Zhang and Nawab Khan

Impact of collective action on household welfare: Empirical evidence from baobab collectors in Malawi pp. 385-411

Dennis Etemesi Olumeh and Dagmar Mithöfer

Creating social value by empowering people: a social innovation perspective pp. 413-439

Nadia von Jacobi, Enrica Chiappero‐Martinetti, Lara Maestripieri and Toa Giroletti

Tax morale and social capital: An empirical investigation among European citizens pp. 441-476

Alessandro Cascavilla, Jordi Ripollés and Andrea Morone

Work integration ambitions of startups in the circular economy pp. 477-504

Wim Van Opstal and Lize Borms

Cooperatives and sustainability drivers in the Spanish wine sector. What differences do we find with investor owner firms? pp. 505-526

Juan Ramón Ferrer, María‐Carmen García‐Cortijo, Juan‐Sebastián Castillo Valero, Vicente Pinilla and Raúl Serrano

Financial inclusion as a tool for sustainable macroeconomic growth: An integrative analysis pp. 527-551

Shubham Chavriya, Gagan Deep Sharma and Mandeep Mahendru

Development, validation, and reliability of a measurement scale for investigating the principle of intercooperation pp. 553-572

Pedro Henrique Rodrigues de Sousa, Edgar Reyes Junior and Víctor del Corte Lora

Measuring individual social capital in cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia pp. 573-594

Daniel Belay and Asegedech Wondimu

Eco‐innovation and environmental performance: Insights from Spanish wine companies pp. 595-623

Marcos Carchano, Inmaculada Carrasco and Ángela González

Volume 95, issue 1, 2024

Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany pp. 5-31

Uwe Jirjahn and Thi Xuan Thu Le

Are governments bad entrepreneurs? On productivity and public ownership in Central European post‐Communist countries pp. 33-66

Philipp Steinbrunner

The effect of commitment in the public goods game with endogenous institution formation pp. 67-83

Misato Inaba, Tetsuya Kawamura and Kazuhito Ogawa

What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain pp. 85-111

Mercè Sala‐Ríos

The commercial growth of farmer cooperatives in Romania: A double‐hurdle model analysis pp. 113-127

Jasper Grashuis, Florentin Bercu, Andrei‐Mirel Florea and Riana Iren Radu

Scaling strategies, organizational capabilities and scaling social impact: An investigation of social enterprises in China pp. 129-152

Xiao‐Min Yu and Xiang‐Yang Bi

The institutional shaping of third sector organizations: Empirical evidence from Italian provinces pp. 153-176

Giorgia Trasciani, Giovanni Esposito, Francesca Petrella, Vincenzo Alfano and Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta

Coping with side‐selling in cooperatives: A members’ perspective pp. 177-199

Theo Benos, Panagiota Sergaki, Nikos Kalogeras and Dimitrios Tzinalas

Identifying the antecedents of opportunism in agri‐food cooperatives: a comparative analysis between first‐ and second‐tier cooperatives pp. 201-223

Jorge Luis Sánchez‐Navarro, Narciso Arcas‐Lario and Miguel Hernández‐Espallardo

Occupational choice and entrepreneurship: From necessity to opportunity pp. 225-247

Rosaria Distefano

Are there any differences in the corporate social responsibility strategy of fruit and vegetable production‐commercialization cooperatives and other companies operating in southeastern Spain? pp. 249-274

Antonio Martos‐Pedrero, Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña and Francisco Joaquín Cortés‐García

Inclusive urban entrepreneurial ecosystem: An exploration of factors affecting organizational ambidexterity pp. 275-300

Hojjat Shakiba, Ayoub Pazhouhan, Saba Amiri and Kamal Sakhdari

Volume 94, issue 4, 2023

Are cooperatives gender sensitive? A confirmatory and predictive analysis of women's collective entrepreneurship pp. 1035-1059

Maria Bastida, Ana Olveira and Miguel Ángel Vázquez Taín

Classifying the degree of cooperative multinationality: Case study of a French multinational cooperative pp. 1061-1084

Anjel Errasti, Ignacio Bretos and Carmen Marcuello

Manager bonding and the technical efficiency of cooperative credit unions‐parametric and non‐parametric analyses pp. 1085-1109

Michael Adusei, Kwasi Poku and Samuel Akomea

The socio‐economic impact of certification schemes in conflict‐affected regions: The case of arabica coffee in the Eastern DRC pp. 1111-1131

Wannes Slosse, Jeroen Buysse, Koen Schoors, Ivan Godfroid, Michaela Boyen and Marijke D'Haese

Classifying responsible investors: Identifying clusters of Ontario investors pp. 1133-1144

Anthony Piscitelli

E‐commerce adoption among Moroccan agricultural cooperatives: Between structural challenges and immense business performance potential pp. 1145-1171

Imad Jabbouri, Rachid Jabbouri, Karim Bahoum and Yasmine El Hajjaji

Entrepreneurial ecosystem for cooperatives: The case of Kyrgyz agricultural cooperatives pp. 1173-1198

Nazik Beishenaly and Frédéric Dufays

The resurrection of earlier imprints post mortem: Explaining the Turkish agricultural cooperative movement with an imprinting theory lens, 1888–1937 pp. 1199-1232

Cemil Ozan Soydemir and Mehmet Erçek

ICT diffusion in public administrations and business dynamics: Evidence from Italian municipalities pp. 1233-1271

Nicola Matteucci, Raffaella Santolini and Silvio Di Fabio

Productivity drivers of infrastructure companies: Network industries utilizing economies of scale in the digital era pp. 1273-1298

Ryota Nakatani

Does the mixed‐ownership reform improve the productivity of state‐owned enterprises? Evidence from companies listed in Chinese stock pp. 1299-1321

Fan Zhang, Fei Wang and Qiao Wang

The regulatory effect of cooperation degree in increasing tobacco farmers’ income by mitigating production risk shocks pp. 1323-1344

Ruoyan Zhang and Ru Chen

Volume 94, issue 3, 2023

Farmers’ organizations and sustainable development: An introduction pp. 683-700

Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and Dil Rahut

Impact of farmer group participation on the adoption of sustainable farming practices—spatial analysis of New Zealand dairy farmers pp. 701-717

Wei Yang and Le Wang

Cooperative membership and new technology adoption of family farms: Evidence from China pp. 719-739

Fang Wu, Xibao Guo and Xia Guo

The role of farmer cooperatives in promoting environmentally sustainable agricultural development in China: A review pp. 741-759

Qiao Liang, Kangwei Ma and Wenhao Liu

Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries: A meta‐analysis pp. 761-780

Wanglin Ma, Sanghyun Hong, W. Reed, Jianhua Duan and Phong Luu

Do outsourcing services provided by agricultural cooperatives affect technical efficiency? Insights from tobacco farmers in China pp. 781-804

Junying Lin, Songqing Jin and Hongdong Guo

Impact of cooperative membership on market performance of Nepali goat farmers pp. 805-830

Huma Neupane, Krishna P. Paudel and Qinying He

Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples? pp. 831-855

Hongyun Zheng, Puneet Vatsa, Wanglin Ma and Dil Rahut

Women self‐help groups and intra‐household decision‐making in agriculture pp. 857-876

Subash Surendran Padmaja, Aditya Korekallu Srinivasa, Pooja Trivedi and Kondapi Srinivas

Female leadership, internet use, and performance of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam pp. 877-903

Trung Thanh Nguyen, Manh Hung Do, Dil Rahut, Viet Hung Nguyen and Panharoth Chhay

False prosperity: Rethinking government support for farmers’ cooperatives in China pp. 905-920

Feifei Chen, Zhigang Xu and Yufeng Luo

Co‐creation of business models for smallholder forest farmers’ organizations: Lessons learned from rural Ethiopia and Tanzania pp. 921-949

Kendisha Soekardjo Hintz and Jürgen Pretzsch

Sustainable finance: The role of savings and credit cooperatives in Ecuador pp. 951-980

María Jesús Segovia‐Vargas, I. Marta Miranda‐García and Freddy Alejandro Oquendo‐Torres

Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries pp. 981-1006

Elena Meliá‐Martí, Deolinda Meira, José Corberá Martínez and Rui Bertuzi

(Farmer) Producer Companies in India as new generation cooperatives: Case studies of performance and impact from West Bengal, India pp. 1007-1029

Sukhpal Singh

Volume 94, issue 2, 2023

South Korean social enterprises and their networks: On their organizational linkages at the interstice between the third, public, and corporate sectors pp. 365-397

Casper Hendrik Claassen, Eric Bidet and Junki Kim

Exploring the attractiveness of social enterprises to job seekers: The role of perceived value fit and prestige pp. 399-422

Saskia Crucke and Hanne Bockaert

What is the benefit of membership in farm producer organizations? The case of coffee producers in Peru pp. 423-443

Jasper Grashuis and Theodoros Skevas

Tax morale, fiscal capacity, and war pp. 445-474

Alessandro Belmonte, Désirée Teobaldelli and Davide Ticchi

Cooperative movement and widespread prosperity across Italian regions pp. 475-494

Michele Costa, Flavio Delbono and Francesco Linguiti

Effect of board gender diversity on the financial performance of microfinance institutions: Does judicial efficiency matter? pp. 495-518

Beatrice Sarpong‐Danquah, Michael Adusei and Joseph Magnus Frimpong

Loan officer gender and loan repayment performance. Evidence from greenfield microfinance institutions in Cameroon1 pp. 519-548

Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua

The tax advantage of public firms over private firms in the German household solid waste disposal industry pp. 549-574

Marko Krause and Alexander Lahmann

Managerial firms’ profitability, unions, and environmental taxes pp. 575-598

Domenico Buccella, Luciano Fanti and Luca Gori

Corruption and corporate leverage in an emerging economy: The role of economic freedom pp. 599-629

Anh‐Tuan Doan, Bich‐Thanh Truong, Chi‐Cuong Nguyen, Phan‐Tam‐Nhu Nguyen, Hai‐Yen Truong and Anh‐Tuan Le

How to eliminate the uncovered market: A duopoly model with government intervention pp. 631-658

Dongmin Yao, Pengyuan Zhang and Xiaoyu Meng

How much of the world economy is state‐owned? Analysis based on the 2005–20 Fortune Global 500 lists pp. 659-677

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Marlena Gołębiowska and Jakub Mroczek

Volume 94, issue 1, 2023

Do credit unions have distinct objectives? Evidence from executive compensation structures pp. 5-38

Jordan van Rijn, Shuwei Zeng and Brent Hueth

Do risk and competition trigger conditional cooperation? Evidence from public good experiments pp. 39-73

Angela Bergantino, Sara Gil‐Gallen and Andrea Morone

Governing a union's external stakeholders: A prioritization method based on relationship quality and perceived impact pp. 75-108

Guillaume Plaisance

The role of transformational leadership and leaders’ skills for new agricultural cooperatives in post‐soviet countries pp. 109-129

Jiri Hejkrlik, Petra Chaloupkova and Tetyana Sokolska

Determinants of women's financial inclusion: Evidence from India pp. 131-158

Suresh Govindapuram, Samyukta Bhupatiraju and Rahul A. Sirohi

Do mergers really increase output? Evidence from English hospitals pp. 159-189

Vanessa Cirulli and Giorgia Marini

Human development and decentralization: The importance of public health expenditure pp. 191-219

Ronald Miranda‐Lescano, Leonel Muinelo‐Gallo and Oriol Roca‐Sagalés

Neither market nor hierarchy—coordination costs in the allocation of track capacity in the Swedish railway network pp. 221-239

Gunnar Alexandersson, Matts Andersson, Anders Bondemark and Staffan Hultén

The entanglement of time and cost deviations in public projects pp. 241-272

Francisco Pinheiro Catalão, Carlos Oliveira Cruz and Joaquim Miranda Sarmento

Entry decision of a vertically integrated foreign firm with downstream subsidization and upstream privatization pp. 273-299

Chuyuan Zhang and Sang-Ho Lee

Can tax regulations moderate revenue diversification and reduce financial distress in nonprofit organizations? pp. 301-342

Isabel Abínzano, Francisco J. López‐Arceiz and Idoia Zabaleta

Emission taxes for genuine altruistic firms pp. 343-359

Giorgos Diakoulakis and Athanasios Kampas