FINANCING OF GROWTH IN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES

Zvi Lerman () and Claudia Parliament

No 13410, Staff Papers from University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

Abstract: Sources and uses of funds in agricultural cooperatives are examined and compared to the aggregate of nonfinancial corporations for the period 1973-1987. Cooperatives are observed to finance nearly half their growth with equity. The equity financing proportion of cooperatives is statistically indistinguishable from the national average of nonfinancial corporations in the years 1973-1983 and is consistently higher than the national average since 1984. This finding contradicts the hypothesis of equity shortage in cooperatives.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1991
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Journal Article: Financing Growth in Agricultural Cooperatives (1993)
Working Paper: Financing of Growth in Agricultural Cooperatives (1992)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.13410

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