Why Do Cooperatives Fail? Big versus Small in Ghanaian Cocoa Producers’ Societies, 1930-36
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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. Acknowledgements We thank Michael Lipton, Andy McKay, Måns Söderbom, Roman Studer and Francis Teal for their comments. We also thank Nadia Weigh for valuable research assistance during her Junior Research Associate Bursary kindly sponsored by Douglas Kruse. CSAE WPS/2010-18
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