Trier Program | American Association of Wine Economists

First Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists
in Trier (Mosel), Germany May 23 – May 26, 2007

Program

No.	Date & Time	Agenda Highlights	Category
	Wednesday, May 23
	5.00-8.00pm	Welcome Reception, Registration Wine Tasting, Bischofliche Weinguter Aula, Priesterseminar Trier Jesuitenstraße, 13 D-54290 Trier	General
		Scientific Meeting University of Trier, Campus II, Behringstraße, Building H
	Thursday, May 24
	8.15-9.00am 9.00-10.00am	Registration, Coffee Opening Speeches Dieter Sadowski, University Trier Steffen Schindler, German Wine Institute	General
	10.30am-12.00pm	Global Warming Chair: Orley Ashenfelter
1		Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Viticulture M. Stock, T. Kartschall and M. Wodinski (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)	Wine
2		Identification of Stochastic Processes for an Estimated Icewine Temperature Hedging Variable D. Cyr and M. Kusy (Brock University)	Wine
3		Wine and Global Warming in Alsace: Evidence from the Little Ice Age K. Storchmann (Whitman College)	Wine
4		Using a Hedonic Model of Solar Radiation to Assess the Economic Effect of Climate Change O. Ashenfelter (Princeton University) and K. Storchmann (Whitman College)	Wine
5	12.00-12.30pm	Wine and Rural Development: The Example Walla Walla Steve van Ausdle (President, Walla Walla Community College)	General
	12.30-2.00pm	Lunch, University
	2.00-3.30pm	Tasting and Evaluation Chair: Bernd Frick
6		Assessing the Reliabilty of Wine Tasting: Differentiating Levels of Clinical and Statistical Meaningfulness D. Cicchetti (Yale University)	Wine
7		Standards for Quality and the Coordinating Role of Critics G. Hsu (UC Davis), P. Roberts (Emory University) and A. Swaminathan (UC Davis)	Wine
8		Identifying Different Influences of the Evaluation of Wine G. Szolnoki (Research Institute Geisenheim)	Wine
9		Tracing International Wine Marketing Research - a Three Ways Assessment R. Arnold (University of Heilbronn)	Wine
	4.00-5.30pm	Critics and Reputation Chair: TBA
10		The Cost of Ignorance: Reputational Rents in the Market for Tuscan Reds K. G. Persson (University of Copenhagen)	Wine
11		Reputation and Firm Survival in a Competitive Environment: Empirical Evidence from the German Wine Industry B. Frick (University of Witten/Herdecke)	Wine
12		Critical Exposure and P-Q Relationships for New World Wines in the U.S. Market P. Roberts (Emory University) and R. Reagans (Carnegie Mellon University)	Wine
13		A Live in Wine: Ernest Gallo (1909-2007) T. Lima (CSU East Bay) and N. Schroder (Blue Weasel Productions)	Wine
	6.00-7.30pm 7.30pm-open end	Guided Tour Through Karl Marx House Dinner in Viehmarktthermen Ruins of Ancient Roman Bath	General
	Friday, May 25
		Quantitative Gastronomy Chair: Victor Ginsburgh
14	9.00-10.00am	Keynote Speech: Is Breakfast Really Free? Evidence from French and Italian Hotels G. Johnson (University of Michigan)	Food
15	10.15am-12.00pm	Reading the Plate N. Dudek (Israel)	Food
16		Portuguese Menus in the 19th Century I. Drumond Braga (University of Lisbon)	Food
17		What are bollicine good for? Experimental evidence on individual preferences on food-wine matching M. Galizzi (University of Brescia and New York University)	Food
18		Explaining the Determinants of Price in Top European Restaurants F. Warzynski (University Carlos III Madrid and Aarhus School of Business)	Food
19		Quality Evaluation by Experts and Consumers: Evidence from a Sample of New-York City Restaurants O. Gergaud (University of Reims), K. Storchmann (Whitman College) and V. Verardi (Free University of Brussels and University of Namur)	Food
	12.00-2.30pm	Lunch, Staatsweingut Domaene Avelsbach	General
	2.30-4.00pm	Market Structure Chair: TBA
20		Overview of the German Wine Market: Situation and Business Challenges J. Hanf (Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development)and and E. Schweickert (KIRBIS)	Wine
21		The New Structue of the California Wine Industry T. Lima (CSU East Bay) and N. Schroder (Blue Weasel Productions)	Wine
22		Corporate Strategies under Economic Regulations R. Kuehl (University of Giessen) and E. Schweickert (KIRBIS)	Wine
23		Storage Based Financial Engineering in German Wine Business E. Schweickert (KIRBIS) and J. Hanf (Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development)	Wine
24		An Assessment of State Sponsored Agriculture Commodity Programs: The Case of the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program R. Hanagriff, M. Lau, S. Rogers (Sam Houston State University)	Wine
	4.30-6.30pm	Society and Politics Chair: Karl Storchmann
25		Balancing Between Tradiation and Innovation. French Wines from the Bordeaux and the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions S. Castellano and O. Ivanova (EDHEC Business School)	Wine
26		Bowling Alone, Drinking Together P. Buonanno (University of Bergamo) and P. Vanin (Univ of Padua and Pompeu Fabra University)	Wine
27		New Wines in Old Wineskins? Is Globalization Good for Wine Drinkers in the United States? O. Gokcekus and A. Fargnoli (Seton Hall University)	Wine
28		An Econometric Analysis of a Wine Import Function for Brazil S. Schommer (IMPA, Brazil)	Wine
29		New Wines in Old Bottles? The Case of Quality Wines and Distillation Measures in the EU E. Salies (OFCE) and B. Steiner (University of Alberta)	Wine
	6.30pm-open end	Reception and Dinner at Vereinigte Hospitien Trier (United Hospices) Germany's Oldest Wine Cellar (300 AD)	General
	Saturday, May 26
	9.15am-7.30pm	Leisure Program Bus and Boat Tour	General
	9.15am	Meeting at Porta Nigra in Trier, Bus to Bernkastel	General
	11am	Arrival in Bernkastel	General
	2pm	Boat to Traben-Trarbach	General
	4pm	Picnic and Wine Tasting in Puenderich	General
	7.30pm	Back in Trier	General