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| Title: | Agency Theory and Wheat Marketing in Australia |
| Authors: | Bushell, James
MacAulay, T.G. |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | Conference Paper |
| Abstract: | The dual class shareholding company has been adopted as a way of managing the single desk
operating system for wheat in Australia. Using B Class ASX listed shares to fund the
operation of the company, and the use of A Class grower held shares to control the direction
of the company, the objectives of the current arrangements are to maximise net pool returns to
growers. Using principal-agent theory, the current marketing arrangements are examined.
Considering both groups of shareholders as principals of one agent, this paper has focused on
examining the contracts between the agent and each principal, and the incentives provided by
these contracts to the agent to act in the interests of each of the shareholder groups. The
reward to the agent from each principal is examined, and it is found that the ultimate objective
of the company may not be fulfilled by the current marketing arrangements, which will incur
agency costs to at least one group of shareholders. It is suggested that a reformulation of the
remuneration model is required in order to reduce the risk that the objectives of both groups
of shareholders are not met. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/10350 |
| Institution/Association: | Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2007>2007 Conference (51st), February 13-16, 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Total Pages: | 17 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | 2007 Conference (51st), February 13-16, 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand
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