Differential economic impacts for cooperative business structures: an application to farmer-owned cooperatives in New York State

Todd M. Schmit, Frederick C. Tamarkin and Roberta M. Severson

Chapter 19 in Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals, 2023, pp 292-312 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: A comprehensive economic impact assessment using input-output methods is developed to account for localized spending activities and distributions of residual earnings to member-owners by cooperatives. The framework is applied to agricultural supply, service, marketing, farm credit, and rural electric cooperatives doing business in New York State. Detailed spending patterns from cooperative survey data reveal that agricultural cooperatives in the state have higher levels of localized spending when compared to average firms using aggregate industry data and equivalent levels of direct industry output. Accordingly, total economic impacts for these cooperatives; i.e., the direct, indirect, and induced effects, are larger. Overall, agricultural cooperatives contribute 7%, 3%, and 10% more in total impact with respect to jobs, labor income, and output, respectively, in New York State. Limitations to the enumeration of impacts to local economies are discussed and directions for future research that encompass more than current economic impacts are proposed.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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