The Impact of Gurus: Parker Grades and EN PRIMEUR Wine Prices.

dc.creatorAli-Kein, Hela Hadj
dc.creatorLecocq, Sebastien
dc.creatorVisser, Michael
dc.date2017-04-01T14:06:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T04:28:11Z
dc.descriptionThe purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of Robert Parker's oenological grades on Bordeaux wine prices. We study their impact on the so-called en primeur wine prices, i.e., the prices determined by the chateau owners when the wines are still extremely young. The Parker grades are usually published in the spring of each year, before the wine prices are established. However, the wine grades attributed in 2003 have been published much later, in the autumn, after the determination of the prices. This unusual reversal is exploited to estimate a Parker effect. We found that, on average, the effect is equal to 2.80 euros per bottle of wine. We also estimate grade-specific effects, and use these estimates to predict what the prices would have been had Parker attended the spring tasting in 2003.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.37292
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/37292/files/AAWE_WP01.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/37292
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/550394
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/37292
dc.titleThe Impact of Gurus: Parker Grades and EN PRIMEUR Wine Prices.
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