title: Ökoverbände in der Identitätskrise? Eine clubtheoretische Analyse
creator: Jahn, Gabriele
creator: Schramm, Matthias
creator: Spiller, Prof. Dr. Achim
subject:  Values, standards and certification
subject:  Social aspects
description: Compliance with the rules of organic production has been motivated intrinsically. Cooperative behaviour, thus, has been a key issue in assuring organic quality. However, the environment is continuously changing. An increasing number of farmers is producing organic food not only driven by altruism, but by economic factors and public support (i.e., subsidies). The following contribution aims to reveal determinants for an efficient quality assurance within an organic farming association. It focuses on changes related to the introduction of a public certification system and the “loss” of social cohesion among the organic farmers. Based on the theory of club goods, an application of the decision theory approach underlines the analysis.   
publisher: kassel university press GmbH, Kassel
contributor: Heß, J
contributor: Rahmann, G
date: 2004
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/3732/1/3732.pdf
identifier: Jahn, Gabriele; Schramm, Matthias and Spiller, Prof. Dr. Achim (2004) Ökoverbände in der Identitätskrise? Eine clubtheoretische Analyse. [Organic Associations in identity crisis? A club theoretical analysis.] 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau – Ende der Nische, Kassel, 01.03.2005 - 04.03.2005. In: Heß, J and Rahmann, G (Eds.) Ende der Nische, Beiträge zur 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, kassel university press GmbH, Kassel.
relation: http://orgprints.org/3732/