Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Competitiveness in the Catalan agri‐food cooperatives: Internationalization–certification relationship28
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Human development and decentralization: The importance of public health expenditure23
Women self‐help groups and intra‐household decision‐making in agriculture18
Are governments bad entrepreneurs? On productivity and public ownership in Central European post‐Communist countries18
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Effect of women's self‐help group participation on their financial inclusion measured through a women‐centric index: A study in North‐East India16
Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany15
Strengthening local economies through social capital: The role of cooperative firms in driving economic growth in Italy14
Cooperative identity as a yardstick for transformative change13
Impact of cooperative membership on market performance of Nepali goat farmers13
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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters11
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Are cooperatives gender sensitive? A confirmatory and predictive analysis of women's collective entrepreneurship11
Managing goal conflict. The case of agency theory in the policy settings for public–private partnerships; A perspective on citizen and government interests.10
Improving member satisfaction with cooperatives: The role of participation in governance10
Does governance matter for the public debt–inflation relationship in developed countries? Panel quantile regression approach10
Recent advances on impact measurement for the social and solidarity economy: Empirical and methodological challenges9
Knowledge creation: new frontiers for public investment9
What factors influence the vertical integration of agricultural cooperatives?—Evidence from 500 cooperatives in Heilongjiang, China9
What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain9
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The indispensable function of agricultural cooperatives in South Sudan8
Economic performance of rural collective‐owned cooperatives: Determinants and influence mechanism8
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Drivers of depositor discipline in credit unions8
Development, validation, and reliability of a measurement scale for investigating the principle of intercooperation8
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The impact of joint liability lending on leveraging social capital7
An alternative organizational model for a more democratic and equitable digital economy: A systematic literature review on platform cooperativism through the lens of stakeholder theory. Competitive ad7
Cooperative movement and widespread prosperity across Italian regions7
Does cultural difference impede the allocation of government procurement? Evidence from China7
Occupational choice and entrepreneurship: From necessity to opportunity7
Cost‐benefit analysis to provide decision criteria: A case study of municipalities in Japan7
Participation and commercialization in producer cooperatives: Insights on the role of cooperative functioning and equity strategies7
The role of farmer cooperatives in promoting environmentally sustainable agricultural development in China: A review6
Gender pay gap in the microfinance industry: A global perspective6
Contractor default: Predictions, politics, and penalties in the procurement process6
Gender blindness in the ‘Next Generation European Union’ funds: Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation social economy as an exception to the rule6
How much of the world economy is state‐owned? Analysis based on the 2005–20 Fortune Global 500 lists6
Work integration ambitions of startups in the circular economy6
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Social impact measurement: An interpretive framework based on the economics of conventions and two French case studies6
Unveiling the role of government support: Empirical studies on the performance of cooperatives in Vietnam6
Intended and unintended effects of specialized regulation on microfinance institutions’ double‐bottom line management6
A population‐level approach to distributional weighting5
The effect of commitment in the public goods game with endogenous institution formation5
Revenue diversification and municipally owned companies’ role in shaping the debt of municipalities5
Co‐creation of business models for smallholder forest farmers’ organizations: Lessons learned from rural Ethiopia and Tanzania5
‘It's Ours’: Understanding the aspects of ownership in financial cooperatives5
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How do business associations support contract enforcement? Evidence from Hungary4
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples?4
Investigating the link between social cooperation sector and economic well‐being of Italian provinces through the lens of social capital4
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Measuring the impact of sheltered workshops through the SROI: A case analysis in southern Spain4
The commitment of farmers to traditional and hybrid cooperatives: Empirical evidence over a six‐year period4
Understanding social impact assessment through Public Value Theory: A comparative analysis on WISEs in France and Denmark4
Possible welfare benefits of basic income support: Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa4
Manager bonding and the technical efficiency of cooperative credit unions‐parametric and non‐parametric analyses4
Cooperative membership and new technology adoption of family farms: Evidence from China4
Towards the transformative social economy: Proposal of a system of indicators for cooperative social entrepreneurship4
Loan officer gender and loan repayment performance. Evidence from greenfield microfinance institutions in Cameroon14
False prosperity: Rethinking government support for farmers’ cooperatives in China4
Improving dairy farmers’ welfare in Indonesia: Does cooperative membership matter?4
Vers une conception d’évaluation plurielle et collective de la mesure d'impacts de projets en ESS. Inscrire territoires et durabilité au cœur de la démarche4
Communication, principal–agent alignment and performance: Evidence from Brazilian agricultural co‐operatives4
Instant lottery innovation, tax compliance and herd effects, an impact assessment in Brazil4
Cost–benefit analysis of landfill emergency securing: Two applications in Southern Italy3
Do risk and competition trigger conditional cooperation? Evidence from public good experiments3
Determinants of women's financial inclusion: Evidence from India3
Productivity drivers of infrastructure companies: Network industries utilizing economies of scale in the digital era3
How to eliminate the uncovered market: A duopoly model with government intervention3
Neither market nor hierarchy—coordination costs in the allocation of track capacity in the Swedish railway network3
Beyond conventional models: Lending by Native Community Development Financial Institutions3
SOEs' commitment to transparency: Voluntary disclosure as a driver of mandatory disclosure3
Punishment mechanisms and cooperation in public goods games: Experimental evidence3
Classifying the degree of cooperative multinationality: Case study of a French multinational cooperative3
Impact of farmer group participation on the adoption of sustainable farming practices—spatial analysis of New Zealand dairy farmers3
The effect of trust and social pressure on member commitment in agricultural cooperatives – Evidence from China3
Do sustainable savings decisions through deposits and shares by members influence the choice of financial cooperatives?3
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries: A meta‐analysis3
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The institutional shaping of third sector organizations: Empirical evidence from Italian provinces2
Financial inclusion as a tool for sustainable macroeconomic growth: An integrative analysis2
Can tax regulations moderate revenue diversification and reduce financial distress in nonprofit organizations?2
Do mergers really increase output? Evidence from English hospitals2
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Evaluating social impact in practice: Constructing a response to institutional demand in a French nonprofit organization2
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Does dairy cooperative membership improve food and nutrition security among rural farmers? A micro‐perspective from Zambia2
Mapping the relevance and influence of gender in social economy enterprises: A review based on bibliographic analysis2
Beyond “make” or “buy”: Evaluating value‐for‐money in public service delivery2
Entry decision of a vertically integrated foreign firm with downstream subsidization and upstream privatization2
Cooperative employment in the regions of Spain (1999–2019): The convergence clubs2
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