Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227314 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13787
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A series of observations on various types of cooperatives is constructed from intermittent surveys between 1920 and 1950 and, where possible, these are extended to recent years. These observations allow several questions to be taken up: how well have organizations that resemble consumers' cooperatives fared in the U.S. economy over the last century? ; are consumers' cooperatives viable organizations in an economy dominated by capital-owned firms? ; where have cooperatives made their mark?; what role has government played in the patterns of cooperative development? Suggestions for further research on cooperatives are proposed.
Subjects: 
cooperatives
mutual organizations
utilities
medical care
agriculture
JEL: 
P13
P17
N82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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