Market and nonmarket barriers to Internet wine sales: The case of Virginia

Business and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-34

  Wiseman, Alan E ^a   Ellig, Jerry ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

21st Amendment; Electronic Commerce; Interest Group Politics; State Regulation; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844364320     PISSN: 14693569     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1070     Document Type: Review

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