IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/erevae/v27y2000i3p325-345.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Transaction cost analysis of outsourcing farm administration by Belgian farmers

Author

Listed:
  • T Vernimmen
  • W Verbeke
  • G van Huylenbroeck

Abstract

Modern farming is characterised by an increasing amount of regulation and hence of farm administration. This paper reports an empirical investigation of farmers' decisions regarding administrative tasks, and in particular the decision to outsource (part of) this administration. The theoretical framework is based on transaction cost economics, adapted and interpreted here to deal with services. The empirical analysis applies a probit model estimated using cross-section farm survey data. Results indicate significant differences in outsourcing related to characteristics such as farmers' age, farm size and institutional environment, as well as to factors such as the complexity, uncertainty and time requirements of the administration concerned. Copyright 2000, Oxford University Press.

Suggested Citation

  • T Vernimmen & W Verbeke & G van Huylenbroeck, 2000. "Transaction cost analysis of outsourcing farm administration by Belgian farmers," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 27(3), pages 325-345, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:27:y:2000:i:3:p:325-345
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Zezza, Alberto & Llambi, Luis, 2002. "Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the Links Between Policy Reforms and Rural Poverty in Latin America," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 30(11), pages 1865-1884, November.
    2. Geneviève Nguyen & Julien Brailly & François Purseigle, 2020. "Strategic outsourcing and precision agriculture: towards a silent reorganization of agricultural production in France ?," Post-Print hal-02942720, HAL.
    3. Krumalova, Veronika & Ratinger, Tomas, 2002. "Provision of Environmental Goods on Potentially Abandoned Land- The White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area," Discussion Papers 18885, CEESA: Central and Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture International Research Project.
    4. Luigi Biagini & Federico Antonioli & Simone Severini, 2020. "The Role of the Common Agricultural Policy in Enhancing Farm Income: A Dynamic Panel Analysis Accounting for Farm Size in Italy," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 71(3), pages 652-675, September.
    5. Junying Lin & Songqing Jin & Hongdong Guo, 2023. "Do outsourcing services provided by agricultural cooperatives affect technical efficiency? Insights from tobacco farmers in China," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(3), pages 781-804, September.
    6. Guo, Lili & Duan, Xiaoyu & Li, Houjian & Yang, Wanjiang & Ren, Yanjun & Guo, Yangli, 2022. "Does a higher minimum wage accelerate labour division in agricultural production? Evidence from the main rice-planting area in China," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 35(1), pages 2984-3010.
    7. Luigi Biagini & Simone Severini, 2021. "The role of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in enhancing and stabilising farm income: an analysis of income transfer efficiency and the Income Stabilisation Tool," Papers 2104.14188, arXiv.org.
    8. Johnson, Robin & Rossmiller, George Edward & Sandiford-Rossmiller, Frances, 2003. "Ag econ angst crisis revisited," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 47(2), pages 1-14, June.
    9. Xavier Gellynck & Bert Vermeire, 2009. "The Contribution of Regional Networks to Innovation and Challenges for Regional Policy," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 719-737, September.
    10. Xiuru Zhang & Lin Zhang & Tangzhe Nie, 2023. "Study on the Impact of Social Capital on Farmers’ Decision-Making Behavior of Adopting Trusteeship Services," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-16, March.
    11. McCann, Laura & Colby, Bonnie & Easter, K. William & Kasterine, Alexander & Kuperan, K.V., 2005. "Transaction cost measurement for evaluating environmental policies," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 527-542, March.
    12. Ratinger, Tomas & Krumalova, Veronika & Prazan, Jaroslav, 2004. "Institutional Options for the Conservation of Biodiversity: Evidence from the Czech Republic," Discussion Papers 18888, CEESA: Central and Eastern European Sustainable Agriculture International Research Project.
    13. Qiangqiang Zhang & Beibei Yan & Xuexi Huo, 2018. "What Are the Effects of Participation in Production Outsourcing? Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, November.
    14. Laura M.J. McCann, 2009. "Transaction Costs of Environmental Policies and Returns to Scale: The Case of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(3), pages 561-573.
    15. Robin Johnson & George E. Rossmiller & Frances Sandiford‐Rossmiller, 2003. "Ag econ angst crisis revisited," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 47(2), pages 261-274, June.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:27:y:2000:i:3:p:325-345. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Oxford University Press (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/eaaeeea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.