Document de travail

Mill Ownership and Farmer's Cooperative Behavior: The case of Costa Rica Coffee Farmers

Astrid Hopfensitz et Josepa Miquel-Florensa

Résumé

We analyze how Costa Rican coffee farmer's behavior in an experimental public good game depends on the type of mill where the farmers sell their coffee (Cooperative vs. privately owned mills), and on the background of their game partners (partners selling to same type of mill or not). We find that cooperative farmers do not display more public good orientation than private market farmers when playing with partners from the same type of mill. However, while farmers selling to private mills make no difference with respect to the background of partners, farmers selling to cooperatives significantly decrease contributions when paired with non-cooperative members. Finally, we study how self-selection into a mechanism that punishes the lowest contributors affects contributions both inside the group and with partners of the opposite background, and show that this increases contributions in the games played with farmers selling to different mill type.

Mots-clés

Cooperatives; Coffee; Institutions; Public Good; Experiment; Costa Rica;

Codes JEL

  • C92: Laboratory, Group Behavior
  • O13: Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
  • Q13: Agricultural Markets and Marketing • Cooperatives • Agribusiness

Remplacé par

Astrid Hopfensitz et Josepa Miquel-Florensa, « Mill Ownership and Farmer's Cooperative Behavior: The case of Costa Rica Coffee Farmers », Journal of Institutional Economics, vol. 13, n° 3, septembre 2017, p. 623–648.

Référence

Astrid Hopfensitz et Josepa Miquel-Florensa, « Mill Ownership and Farmer's Cooperative Behavior: The case of Costa Rica Coffee Farmers », TSE Working Paper, n° 13-395, 26 avril 2013, révision septembre 2015.

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Publié dans

TSE Working Paper, n° 13-395, 26 avril 2013, révision septembre 2015