Too much of a good thing? Causes and consequences of increases in sugar content of california wine grapes

World Scientific Handbook in Financial Economics Series

Volumn 6, Issue , 2018, Pages 135-163

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Fuller, Kate B ^c   Lapsley, James T ^a   Soleas, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Quality Assurance and Specialty Services   (Canada)

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EID: 85059077333     PISSN: 20101732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1142/9789813232747_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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