NIFK14025U Contract and Cooperatives
MSc Programme in Agricultural Economics
MSc Programme in Agricultural Development
MSc Programme in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
MSc Programme in Sustainable Development in Agriculture (Agris
Mundus)
Part 1 Cooperatives:
a. What is a cooperative?
b. Economic objectives and conditions.
c. Single product payment schemes.
d. Multi product payments schemes.
Part 2 Contract Theory:
a. What is contract theory?
b. Hidden information, adverse selection
c. Hidden action, moral hazard
d. Contract design, rules of thumb
e. Examples of production contracts
The objective of this course is to learn to apply the concepts
and techniques taught in the microeconomics theory course and other
related courses in economic theory and econometrics, to problems
faced by decision-makers in the agri-food industry and business
organizations, as well as policy analysts.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
Knowledge:
Students are expected to know the basic concepts, models and
results from the theoretical and the applied literature on
- Contract theory (in particular with applications on the agri-food
industry)
- Cooperatives, pricing schemes and revenue sharing rules.
Skills:
Students should be able to understand and practice
- modern contract theory, specifically: Complete contracting,
Incomplete contracting and Mechanism design.
- modern economic theory concerning cooperatives, specifically:
organizationally setup and payment schemes.
Competences:
Students should be able to identify and analyze current issues
related to:
- Incentives, risk sharing, coordination and information in the
agri-food industry
- decisions in cooperatives
Bogetoft and Olesen, Cooperatives and Payment Schemes,
CBS-Press, 2007.
Bogetoft and Olesen, Design of Production Contracts, CBS-Press,
2004.
Bolton and Dewatripont, Contract Theory, MIT-Press, 2005.
(chapters, 1-4). Alternatively, a similar type of text book in
contract theory
Hougaard, Introduction to Allocation Rules, Springer,
2009.
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 1
- Lectures
- 32
- Preparation
- 125
- Project work
- 20
- Theory exercises
- 28
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 - 30 minutesNo time for preparation.
- Exam registration requirements
A project report is a prerequisite for attending the exam but is not evaluated in itself.
- Aid
- Without aids
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
One internal examiner
- Re-exam
As the ordinary exam.
If the student has not handed in the project report, then it must be handed in two weeks prior to the re-exam. It must be approved before the exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
To receive 12 the student have to show complete fulfillment of the learning outcomes.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIFK14025U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 2
- Schedule
- B
- Course capacity
- no limit
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources, Environment and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course Coordinators
- Kurt Nielsen (kun@ifro.ku.dk)