Subject The article studies the consumer cooperatives system, that forms a specific structure, from a perspective of institutional matrix. Objectives The article aims to study the development of consumer cooperation in the context of the principle of institutional matrices application. As well, the paper aims to show the impact of government policies in the field of consumer cooperation in terms of determining the future direction of its institutional transformation. Methods For the study, we used the provisions of the institutional matrix concept, methods of logic, and institutional analysis. Results The paper shows the identified and predicted effects of public corporate policies in the economic field on institutional changes in the field of consumer cooperation. Conclusions The paper concludes that in the process of adapting the subjects of consumer cooperation to market conditions, market institutions will be integrated into niches of their institutional structure, which is formed on the basis of institutions of redistributive economy.
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