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- Title
GOVERNANCE OF PRODUCTION CO-OPERATIVES IN RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE.
- Authors
NILSSON, Jerker; GOLOVINA, Svetlana; HESS, Sebastian; WOLZ, Axel
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Many Soviet kolkhozy and sovkhozy were transformed into agricultural production co-operatives, because the farm workers would have had large transaction costs in any other type of organization. These co-operatives still hold a strong market position. This study explores the hypothesis that this market strength could be due to low governance costs, obtained through strong manager power. As managers want the co-operative to survive, they make limited investments in the co-operative and pay low wages. The members, however, do not consider this to be problematic. They appreciate the community within the village, their private plots of land and the co-operative's services. Hence the existence of the co-operatives is not threatened.
- Subjects
SOVIET Union; COLLECTIVE farms; TRANSACTION costs; AGRICULTURAL productivity; PRIVATE plot agriculture; AGRICULTURAL laborers
- Publication
Annals of Public & Cooperative Economics, 2016, Vol 87, Issue 4, p541
- ISSN
1370-4788
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/apce.12123