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The economics of beer

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The economics of beer / edited by Johan F.M. Swinnen.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Swinnen, Johan F. M., 1962-

Description

xxii, 375 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Beer has been consumed across the globe for centuries and was the drink of choice in many ancient societies. Today it is the most important alcoholic drink worldwide, in terms of volume and value. The largest brewing companies have developed into global multinationals, and the beer market has enjoyed strong growth in emerging economies, but there has been a substantial decline of beer consumption in traditional markets and a shift to new products. There is close interaction between governments and markets in the beer industry. For centuries, taxes on beer or its raw materials have been a major source of tax revenue and governments have regulated the beer industry for reasons related to quality, health, and competition. This book is the first economic analysis of the beer market and brewing industry. The introduction provides an economic history of beer, from monasteries in the early Middle Ages to the recent 'microbrewery movement', whilst other chapters consider whether people drink more beer during recessions, the effect of television on local breweries, and what makes a country a 'beer drinking' nation. It comprises a comprehensive and unique set of economic research and analysis on the economics of beer and brewing and covers economic history and development, supply and demand, trade and investment, geography and scale economies, technology and innovation, health and nutrition, quantity and quality, industrial organization and competition, taxation and regulation, and regional beer market developments."--Dust jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. History. A brief economic history of beer / Eline Poelmans and Johan F.M. Swinnen -- Beer production, profits, and public authorities in the Renaissance / Richard W. Unger -- Standards and international trade integration : a historical review of the German 'Reinheitsgebot' / Frank van Tongeren -- Brewing nation : war, taxes, and the growth of the British beer industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / John V.C. Nye -- Belgian beers : where history meets globalization / Damiaan Persyn, Johan F.M. Swinnen, and Stijn Vanormelingen -- pt. II. Consumption. Cold comfort in hard times : do people drink more beer during recessions? / Donald G. Freeman -- Beer-drinking nations : the determinants of global beer consumption / Liesbeth Colen and Johan F.M. Swinnen -- Recent economic developments in the import and craft segments of the US brewing industry / Carol Horton Tremblay and Victor J. Tremblay -- Culture and beer preferences / Jill J. McCluskey and Sanatan Shreay -- pt. III. Industrial organization. Competition policy towards brewing : rational response to market power or unwarranted Interference in efficient markets? / Margaret E. Slade -- Developments in US merger policy : the beer industry as lens / Kenneth G. Elzinga and Anthony W. Swisher -- The growth of television and the decline of local beer / Lisa M. George -- Determinants of the concentration in beer markets in Germany and the United States : 1950-2005 / William James Adams -- How the east was won : the foreign takeover of the eastern European brewing industry / Johan F.M. Swinnen and Kristine Van Herck -- pt. IV. The new beer markets. Beer battles in China : the struggle over the world's largest beer market / Junfei Bai ... [et al.] -- From vodka to Baltika : a perfect storm in the Russian beer market / Koen Deconinck and Johan F.M. Swinnen -- Opening the beer gates : how liberalization caused growth in India's beer market / Abhimanyu Arora ... [et al.] -- pt. V. Conclusion. Beeronomics : the economics of beer and brewing / Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele.

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