Natural endowments, production technologies, and the quality of wines in Bordeaux. Is it possible to produce wine on paved roads?

Olivier Gergaud and Victor Ginsburgh

No 37294, Working Papers from American Association of Wine Economists

Abstract: We study whether quality assessments made by wine experts and by consumers (based on prices obtained at auction between 1980 and 1992), can be explained by variables describing endowments (land characteristics, exposures of vineyards) and technologies (from grape varieties and picking, to bottled wines). However, since technological choices are likely to depend on endowments, the effects can only be identified using an instrumental variables approach. We show that technological choices affect quality much more than natural endowments, the effect of which is negligible.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2007-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.37294

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