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Do consumers learn from tasting scores set by experts ?

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  • F. Wolff
  • N. Vaillant

    (LEM - Lille - Economie et Management - Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Using data from whisky tastings and fixed effect regressions, we find that net of any composition effect, experts report different tasting scores on average. This indicates that consumers have little to learn from absolute scores.
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  • F. Wolff & N. Vaillant, 2012. "Do consumers learn from tasting scores set by experts ?," Post-Print hal-00787836, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00787836
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