Do expert ratings or economic models explain champagne prices?

International Journal of Wine Business Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-243

  Bentzen, Jan ^a   Smith, Valdemar ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Prices; Scandinavia; Wines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180664     PISSN: 17511062     EISSN: 17511070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511060810901046     Document Type: Article

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