Stefano Castriota, ricercatore del Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche dell’Ateneo, è l’autore di "Wine Economics" un volume appena pubblicato dalla MIT Press.
Nel libro, Castriota adotta un approccio completo e interdisciplinare allo studio dell'economia del vino: dall'organizzazione industriale, al funzionamento dei mercati, dagli aspetti sanitari alla redditività delle cantine con una attenzione alle differenze fra Vecchio e del Nuovo Mondo, piccole aziende vinicole a conduzione familiare e conglomerati più grandi.
Pubblicato originariamente in Italia come "Economia del Vino", questa traduzione inglese è stata ampiamente rivista e include materiali aggiuntivi incentrati in particolare sull'ambiente normativo degli Stati Uniti e gli effetti persistenti del proibizionismo. Disponibile in open access, il volume ha la prefazione Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton University) e il sostegno di James Thornton (Eastern Michigan University) e Joshua Angrist (MIT).
Pubblichiamo di seguito un estratto dall’introduzione.
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Several reasons, other than my personal interests, have led me to write a handbook of wine economics. First and foremost, there is the fact that no wellstructured monograph with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach ranging from industrial to welfare economics, from economic policy to political economy, from manage-ment to finance, and from medicine to law and crime exists. Second is the growing interest in the subject— and not only in wine producing countries—as can be seen by the foundation of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) (set up by Orley Ashenfelter of Princeton University) and the European Association of Wine Economists (EuAWE) as well as the launching of many academic journals on wine economics (e.g., Journal of Wine Economics, Journal of Wine and Business Research). Third is the publication of articles on the topic in the most prestigious cross- cutting economics journals (for example, American Economic Review and the Economic Journal) when previously they had appeared only in agronomic journals (for example, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics, etc.). Further, many universities have activated modules or even courses on wine economics, and over the last few years we have been witnessing a growing interest in every thing to do with nutrition.
This is an academic book, but it hopes to appeal to a wider public. It intends, therefore, to serve as a useful tool of study for students and consultation for researchers and professionals by limiting technical terminology while at the same time ensuring rigor in the literature review and in the use of data. The book is divided into two parts: the first (chapters 1–5) presents the mechanisms involved in the functioning of the wine market while the second (chapters 6–8) focuses on the measures taken by public authorities to regulate the market and correct failures. The hope is to con-tribute to the spread and study of the economics of wine as well as stimulating governments, trade associations, and businesses to take concrete and effective action to encourage the growth of the sector and of the wine- making culture in their countries.