Resumen

CASTILLO LOPEZ, Ricardo  y  MORALES ESPINOZA, Agustín. Economía neoinstitucional, coordinación vertical y formación de precios: estudio de un caso relacionado con la carne de pollo. Agroalim [online]. 2001, vol.6, n.13, pp.29-40. ISSN 1316-0354.

The objective of the present work is to interpret a concrete case of establishing prices at the poultry producer level. The first part of this work analyzes how contracting has become the governing way of coordinating the private sector, contributing peculiarities to the process of price formation, particularly those which cause Neoclassical Economic Theory to loose its explanation capacity. The Neoinstitutional Economy point of view was reviewed in the second stage as an alternative perspective for analysis of the mentioned process. During this stage, the theoretical elements of Neoinstitutional Economy were reviewed and the agents of the organization of poultry producers were interpreted under this point of view. Lastly, the process of price formation in the poultry industry as a concrete case is interpreted. The results point out that price formation for poultry is carried out using a formula whose particular characteristics permit lowering of transaction costs, of the producers as well as the balanced food industries. Through this mechanism of price formulation, the greater part of the risks associated with this productive activity is shared between these two economic agents.