The impacts of a co-operative versus a private monopsony marketing structure in Western Australia on the wheat grower

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dc.contributor.authorGiesbrecht, Timothy
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeOleson, Brian (Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics) Gosnell, Dustin (Canadian Wheat Board)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBrewin, Derek (Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-26T20:40:38Z
dc.date.available2011-08-26T20:40:38Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-26
dc.degree.disciplineAgribusiness and Agricultural Economicsen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Western Australian Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) has been described as a regional monopsony due to its control of the supply chain. Currently, CBH is a grower owned co-operative, however recently it has been considering altering its structure. The objective of this study is to analyze price, quantity and welfare impacts on the Western Australian grower under a regime change for the CBH. Specifically, it considers the impacts to the Western Australian grower if their grower owned CBH co-operative was converted to a private firm with monopsony power. The results from the theoretical model and simulations show the negative impacts on the Western Australian grower if CBH altered its structure to a privately held monopsony. This is not surprising as the best interests of the member growers is currently the focus of CBH, whereas in a non-grower owned structure, the interests of the shareholder take precedence.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2011en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4781
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.titleThe impacts of a co-operative versus a private monopsony marketing structure in Western Australia on the wheat groweren_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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