COOPERATIVES, TRANSFERABLE SHARES, AND A UNIFIED BUSINESS LAW

Kazuhiko Mikami

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2016, vol. 87, issue 3, 365-390

Abstract: This paper explores the implications of transferable shares in a cooperative firm as compared with shares in a capitalist firm. We argue that a cooperative firm issuing transferable shares is isomorphic to a capitalist firm as a business organization, while maintaining its essential characteristic of being owned not by capitalists but by members as input providers or output receivers. Based on this observation, we explore the possibility of developing a unified business law that regulates both capitalist and cooperative firms within a single legal framework.

Date: 2016
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