Why Do Cooperatives Fail? Big versus Small in Ghanaian Cocoa Producers' Societies, 1930-36

Using a complete panel of Ghanaian cocoa producers' societies in the 1930s, we investigate whether group interaction problems threatened (i) capital accumulation, (ii) cocoa sales and (iii) cooperative survival as membership size increased. We find evidence of group interaction problems. The net effect, however, is positive indicating gains from economies of scale as cooperatives expanded their membership.

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Year of publication:	2010-06-01
Authors:	Cazzuffi, Chiara ; Moradi, Alexander
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Oxford University
Subject:	Cooperatives \| firm survival \| collective action problems \| Ghana

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Series Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number CSAE WPS/2010-18
Classification:	J54 - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms ; N56 - Latin America; Caribbean ; Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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