Status inconsistency and product valuation in the California wine market

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1435-1448

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Zhou, Xueguang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Market institution; Price; Status; Status inconsistency; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455184315     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0597     Document Type: Article

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