PROTECTING CONTRACT GROWERS OF BROILER CHICKEN INDUSTRY



An optimal contract offered to grower i specifies a payment ri depending on observed
feed levels
x, ri (x). Let ui(x)=U[ri (x)] denote utility payments and the inverse U-1[ui(x)]= ri(x)
denote equivalent income. Since U(.) is increasing and strictly concave, U-1 is increasing and
strictly convex.
To derive the optimal utility payments, we characterize the incentive-efficient scheme
assuming that the integrator benefits by implementing effort e
H for the growers. Hence , the
incentive-efficient scheme u'(x) solves the following problem:

Max py-∫xxH.....xxH U 1[ul(x)]χ(x/e = eH)dx 1....dxn

ui (x),lN          L L

+ω [χH ....χH u (x)χ(x/e = eH)dx..dxn -c(e = eH)]
xL    xL                H                    H

subject to

xH ....XxLH U(x)X(x/e = eH)dx..dxn -c(el = eH) 0 i (3’)

XXH ....XXH U (x)X(x /e = eH)dx 1....dxn - c(e = eH) ≥             

xH ....xHul(x)X(x/e1 = eL,e-1 = eH)dx 1....dxn -c(e = eL)

where ω is welfare weight on the grower’s utility and E(xl /e) is the expected feed utilization

by grower i given effort e for all growers. Also where the constraints in (3) are lndlvldual

ratlonallty constralnts, and those in (4) are Nash lncentlve compatlblllty constralnts

3. Results

Since from conditional probability we know thatχ(x/e)= h(xi / e) g(x -i/ x‘ ,e) it can be shown
that the optimum incentive efficient scheme satisfies:

1                                                            (5)

U '( r (x ) =-----------------------------;-----;-------------;------------------::::----------- x, l

h h Γ1 h ( x1 / e = eL, e- = eH ) g ( xl / xl, el = eL, el = eH )

(λ + ω ) + μ [1 - —H/    —l----—-----—]

h(xl / e = eH )g(x l / xl, e = eH )

where λ and μ are multipliers for constraints (3) and (4).



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