We study the effects of merger on firm entry, product variety and prices in the retail craft beer market in California … a counterfactual merger where a large brewery acquires multiple craft breweries. In most markets, we find that new firms …

"This book examines how beer reflects the structure of society's collective values, economic structures, and structural … inequity. The authors explore the organization of our social world through looking at beer as a marker of identity, an object …

Despite its relatively small size, Belgium has historically been considered to have the most diverse array of beer … varieties in the world. We explore whether Belgium's institutional history has contributed to its beer diversity. The Belgian … institutional boarders crossed through the Belgian area. We trace the historical development of many of Belgium's well known beer …

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beer's Evolution into a Japanese … Commodity -- 1 Foreign Influences: The Origins of Japan's Beer Brewing Industry, 1868-1906 -- 2 Keeping Up Appearances …: Maintaining Beer's German Authenticity, 1906-36 -- 3 Brewing Self-Sufficiency: Beer, Empire, and the Wartime Command Economy, 1937 …

domestic beer business and begin to invest in power generation and other infrastructure industries. Some have questioned the …