A Measure of Duration in a Life Cycle Analysis of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives

Michael Boland

No 302578, Staff Papers from University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

Abstract: The issue of a life cycle has been discussed in the literature but no formal analysis has been shown regarding its duration in agricultural cooperatives, which are a key organizational structure in the United States. The objective is to provide evidence for a life cycle in U.S. agricultural cooperatives and measure the duration of the first three phases. A life cycle analysis is used to categorize historical data on 88 of the top 100 agricultural cooperatives comprising 71% of sales in 2014. The data suggests that marketing cooperatives have a much different life cycle relative to mixed cooperatives who have undergone significant changes since the year 2000.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2020-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302578

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