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To contract or not in the food sector of transition economies? Evidence from the dairy sector in FYROM

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  • Tuna, Emelj
  • Karantininis, Konstantinos
  • Surry, Yves

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Countries still confronted with transition process express different patterns of contractual arrangements in the agricultural sector. The inefficiencies in their legal systems and problems with contracts enforcement in many instances force informal contracting arrangements instead. This paper empirically tests the transaction cost specifics determining the presence or absence of contracts to regulate transactions between the dairy farmers and their processing partners in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). In order to stimulate investments and initiate progress in this sector, it is necessary to establish tighter coordination trough long-term formal contracts which will eliminate the present uncertainties and risks.

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  • Tuna, Emelj & Karantininis, Konstantinos & Surry, Yves, 2014. "To contract or not in the food sector of transition economies? Evidence from the dairy sector in FYROM," 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia 182860, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaae14:182860
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.182860
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