Price Dispersion in Wines

Katharine Rockett, Jean-Marie Cardebat (), Olivier Gergaud and Régibeau, Pierre

No 16784, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We investigate price dispersion in restaurant sales of wine. We measure empirically the change in price dispersion as competition varies, finding that price dispersion increases with competition. We then propose a spatial model capturing the unique features of restaurant dining to explain this empirical regularity. The model reveals an indirect effect flowing through the price of food, which is announced and known by customers, to the price of wine, which is only revealed once the customer enters the restaurant and receives the wine list. The results add to the literature on “add ons†and price dispersion in bundled good markets.

Keywords: Price dispersion; Wine; Restaurant; Spatial competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L11 L13 L90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12
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