Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/194468 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Wine Economics and Policy [ISSN:] 2212-9774 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 27-32
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Wine is an experience good and also (at least under certain circumstances and to a certain extent) a conspicuous consumption good. As such, wine buyers should be willing to pay a premium for regional reputation to avoid risk and to send signals about their wealth and social status. At the same time, wine is an annually produced good; every year new bottles arrive to wine stores. Accordingly, a wine store's manager has to periodically clear the store's inventory. Statistical analyses indicate that, during the Great Recession in the US, two developments-a substantial decline in income and a rise in information sharing via the internet and social media-had a dampening effect on the regional reputation premium and lowered the price-quality ratio differences among different wine regions. Moreover, during the same time period, the discount rates necessary to clear inventories significantly increased.
Subjects: 
Consumer behavior
Price-quality ratio
Regional reputation premium
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