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
Authors:	Cazzuffi, Chiara ; Moradi, Alexander
Institutions:	Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics
Subject:	cooperatives \| firm survival \| collective action problems \| Ghana

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CSAE Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2010-18
Classification:	J54 - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms ; N57 - Africa; Oceania ; Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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