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1、本科毕业论文外文翻译出处:AmericanJournalofAgriculturalEconomics(00029092)作者:CookMichaelLTHEFUTUREOFU.S.AGRICULTURALCOOPERATIVES:ANEO-INSTITUTIONALAPPROACHThirtyyearsagoHelmbergerspeculatedthatindustrializationofagriculturewouldleadtothedemiseoffarmercooperatives(Helmberger1966,p.1434).Inres
2、pondingtoHelmberger^prediction,Abrahamsencounteredbysuggestingthatasindustrializationofagricultureevolved,cooperativeswouldincreasinglybecomethefarmer'sintegratingagency11(Abrahamsen,p.1442).InthispaperIexaminethesetwodivergentopinionsby(a)brieflydescribingthestructuralandstrate
3、gicevolutionofU.S.farmercooperativessincetheHelmbergerandAbrahamsen(H&A)forecasts,(b)utilizingrecentdevelopmentsinneo-institutionaleconomic(organizationaleconomic)theorytogeneratehypothesesregardingstructuralandstrategicshiftsinU.S.agriculturalcooperatives,and(c)furtherapplyingn
4、eo-institutionaleconomicstospeculatewhatthefuturemightholdforU.S.producer-ownedand・controlledagriculturalcooperatives・EvolutionofU.S.AgriculturalCooperativesMostU.S.agriculturalcooperativesoriginatedintheearly1900sbecauseofacombinationofeconomic,farmorganization,andpublicpolicyf
5、actors・Duringtheensuingfortyyears,U.S.farmercooperativesslowlybutconsistentlyincreasedtheiraggregatemarketsharesofinputshandied,farmmarketings,andservicesprovided・BythetimeH&Amadetheirpredict!ons,cooperativemarketshareshadgrownto24%offarmmarketingsand15%ofpurchasedinputs(tableIn
6、thetwentyyearsfollowingtheH&Aforecasts,cooperativemarketsharesforfarmmarketingsandpurchasedinputscontinuedtoincreaseuntiltheyreached30%and28%,respectively,in1982.Thesubsequentfarmdepressionsawareversalofmarketsharegrowth;adeclineto25%inbothfarmmarketingsandinputsuppliesby1987-88
7、・Sincethisrecentnadir,cooperativemarketshareshaveagainincreasedeachyearuntiltheyreached1982levelsof30%and28%in1993.Aggregatemarketsharenumbersindicategeneralincreasesanddecreasesinproducercollectiveaction,butspecificcommoditymarketsharesprovidemoreinformationinanalyzingstructura
8、lchange.Cooperativemarketsharesinfarmmarketings