Who Gains from Australian Generic Wine R&D and Promotion?

Xueyan Zhao, Kym Anderson and Glyn Wittwer

No 2002-04, Centre for International Economic Studies Working Papers from University of Adelaide, Centre for International Economic Studies

Abstract: A multi-sectoral partial equilibrium model of the markets for two types of Australian grapes and wine (premium and non-premium) is developed to study the aggregate returns from different types of research and promotion investments by the industry and their distribution across actors in the market (grapegrowers, winemakers, wholesalers/retailers, domestic consumers, the tax office and foreign consumers). The distinction is made between premium and non-premium, since half the market is non-premium and yet virtually all the R&D and marketing efforts are focused on just premium products in an attempt to raise quality as consumers continue to move upmarket. The results show that most of the gains from cost-reducing R&D go to producers, with wineries faring better than grapegrowers; that producers get a far larger share of the benefit from promotion when it is targeted abroad than when it focuses on domestic consumers; and that foreign consumers of Australian wine enjoy a small share of the benefits.

Keywords: Economics of R&D; Promotion; Wine; Equilibrium displacement modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C69 O33 Q13 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2002-02
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