The political economy of price and status formation in the Bordeaux en primeur market: The role of wine critics as rating agencies

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-707

  Hay, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Globalization; Institutions; Markets; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957703424     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq007     Document Type: Article

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