Grower Heterogeneity and Governance: Authority, Access, and Countervailing Power

George W.J. Hendrikse

No 20046, 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The increasing differentiation on the supply side of agricultural and horticultural markets has resulted in many governance structure changes between growers and wholesalers. For example, marketing cooperatives are restructured, heterogeneous associations split up in various one-product associations, growers integrate forward into wholesaling, and so on. These developments are analysed with an incomplete contracting model addressing horizontal as well as vertical relationships in a multilateral setting. The interactions between authority, access, and countervailing power in the choice of governance structure are highlighted.

Keywords: Industrial; Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20046

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