Demand under product differentiation: An empirical analysis of the US wine market

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-417

  Davis, Timothy R ^a   Ahmadi esfahani, Fredoun Z ^a   Iranzo, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demand for wine; Nested logit; Over supply; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MARKET SYSTEM; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149112314     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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