Mandatory cooperatives and the free rider problem: The case of santo wines in Santorini, Greece

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-681

  Iliopoulos, Constantine ^a   Theodorakopoulou, Irini ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Free rider problem; Greece; Mandatory membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911905966     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apce.12056     Document Type: Article

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