Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market

Price formation processes in “quality” commodities markets challenge standard economic theory. Using the principle of “embeddedness” postulated by economic sociology, the article shows how price formation analysis can reveal the social organization of such markets. A comprehensive approach to how w...

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Auteurs principaux: Chiffoleau, Yuna, Laporte, Catherine
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Langue:Français
Publié: 2006
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spelling cairn-RFS_475_0157RFS1Revue française de sociologie https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-sociologie-1-2006-5-page-157?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfs.475.0157 Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market Chiffoleau, YunaLaporte, Catherine2006 fre Revue française de sociologie | 47 | 5 | 2006-12-01 | p. 157-182 | 0035-2969 RFS_4755 Price formation processes in “quality” commodities markets challenge standard economic theory. Using the principle of “embeddedness” postulated by economic sociology, the article shows how price formation analysis can reveal the social organization of such markets. A comprehensive approach to how wine producers in Burgundy determine their prices shows how the diversity of procedures used is related to professional relations and statuses. Using “integration variables” that are both economic and sociological, the discussion opens onto perspectives for renewing dialogue between the two disciplines and thus furthering our understanding of “the economics of quality”.Cairn free access
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description Price formation processes in “quality” commodities markets challenge standard economic theory. Using the principle of “embeddedness” postulated by economic sociology, the article shows how price formation analysis can reveal the social organization of such markets. A comprehensive approach to how wine producers in Burgundy determine their prices shows how the diversity of procedures used is related to professional relations and statuses. Using “integration variables” that are both economic and sociological, the discussion opens onto perspectives for renewing dialogue between the two disciplines and thus furthering our understanding of “the economics of quality”.
author Chiffoleau, Yuna
Laporte, Catherine
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Laporte, Catherine
Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
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Laporte, Catherine
author_sort Chiffoleau, Yuna
title Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
title_short Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
title_full Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
title_fullStr Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
title_full_unstemmed Price Formation : the Case of the Burgundy Wine Market
title_sort price formation : the case of the burgundy wine market
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