MAHENC, Philippe; MOREAUX, Michel - In: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (2001) 62, pp. 193-208
Now widespread in many french wine market places, the so-called "en primeur" sales policy, that is selling part of the production before wine is bottled, appears to be a form of intertemporal price discrimination. Surprisingly enough, wine is actually sold at a lower price "en primeur" than...