VERTICAL COORDINATION CHANGES IN THE SRI LANKAN TEA INDUSTRY:TRANSACTION, MANAGEMENT, AND PRODUCTION COSTS

Deepananda P.B. Herath and Alfons Weersink

No 21941, 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study examines the effect of changes in production, management, and transaction costs on the change from vertically integrated units to small farmers selling to independent processors in the Sri Lankan tea sector. The results indicate the shift from "make" to "buy" has been affected by the changes in relative costs.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.21941

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