European Review of Agricultural Economics Advance Access published online on December 5, 2006
European Review of Agricultural Economics, doi:10.1093/erae/jbl020
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The return to Australian fine wine
University of Western Australia, School of Economics and Commerce, Crawley, W.A. 6009, Australia
Corresponding author: James Joseph Fogarty, University of Western Australia, School of Economics and Commerce, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, W.A. 6009, Australia. Telephone: +61 8 6488 2918. Fax: +61 8 6488 1016. E-mail: James.Fogarty{at}uwa.edu.au
This paper uses auction data and the adjacent period hedonic price regression approach to estimate the return to storing premium Australian wine during the period 1989Q4 to 2000Q4. The results indicate that the return to storing premium Australian wine is probably superior to the return to Bordeaux wine. The risk-return profile of premium Australian wine is shown to be broadly comparable to that of Australian equities.
Keywords: wine, hedonic pricing, alternative assets