20 novembre 2013
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Maxime Agbo et al., « A Theory of Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives with Direct selling », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.x1hetq
We build a theoretical model to study a market structure of a marketing cooperative with direct selling, in which many farmers are members of an agricultural marketing cooperative. They can sell their production either to the cooperative or on a local market. We show that the decision to sell to the cooperative induces an anti-competitive effect on the direct selling market. Conversely, direct selling may create a "healthy emulation" among farmers, leading to more production benefiting the cooperative.