The Economics of Beer
, by Swinnen, Johan F.M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198833390 | 0198833393
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/14/2019
Johan F.M. Swinnen, Professor of Economics and Director of LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the University of Leuven (KUL).
Johan Swinnen is Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the University of Leuven (KUL) and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, where he directs the programme on EU agricultural and food policy. He was previously Lead Economist at the World Bank and Economic Advisor at the European Commission. He consults for the OECD, FAO, EBRD, UNDP, IFAD, and several governments and was coordinator of international research networks on food policy, institutional reforms, and economic development. He is President-Elect of the International Association of Agricultural Economists and a Fellow of the European Association of Agricultural Economists. He holds a PhD from Cornell University. He has published widely on political economy, institutional reform, trade, and agricultural and food policy.
Part I: History
1. A Brief Economic History of Beer, Eline Poelmans and Johan F. M. Swinnen
2. Beer Production, Profits, and Public Authorities in the Renaissance, Richard W. Unger
3. Standards and International Trade Integration: A Historical Review of the German 'Reinheitsgebot', Frank van Tongeren
4. Brewing Nation: War, Taxes, and the Growth of the British Beer Industry in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, John V. C. Nye
5. Belgian Beers: Where History Meets Globalization, Damiaan Persyn, Johan F. M. Swinnen, and Stijn Vanormelingen
Part II: Consumption
6. Cold Comfort in Hard Times: Do People Drink More Beer during Recessions?, Donald G. Freeman
7. Beer-Drinking Nations: The Determinants of Global Beer Consumption, Liesbeth Colen and Johan F. M. Swinnen
8. Recent Economic Developments in the Import and Craft Segments of the US Brewing Industry, Carol Horton Tremblay and Victor J. Tremblay
9. Culture and Beer Preferences, Jill J. McCluskey and Sanatan Shreay
Part III: Industrial Organization
10. Competition Policy towards Brewing: Rational Response to Market Power or Unwarranted Interference in Efficient Markets?, Margaret E. Slade
11. Developments in US Merger Policy: The Beer Industry as Lens, Kenneth G. Elzinga and Anthony W. Swisher
12. The Growth of Television and the Decline of Local Beer, Lisa M. George
13. Determinants of the Concentration in Beer Markets in Germany and the United States: 1950-2005, William James Adams
14. How the East was Won: The Foreign Takeover of the Eastern European Brewing Industry, Johan F. M. Swinnen and Kristine Van Herck
Part IV: The New Beer Markets
15. Beer Battles in China: The Struggle over the World's Largest Beer Market, Junfei Bai, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, and Matt Boswell
16. From Vodka to Baltika: A Perfect Storm in the Russian Beer Market, Koen Deconinck and Johan F. M. Swinnen
17. Opening the Beer Gates: How Liberalization Caused Growth in India's Beer Market, Abhimanyu Arora, Anjor Bhaskar, Bart Minten, and Anneleen Vandeplas
Part V: Conclusion
18. Beeronomics: The Economics of Beer and Brewing, Johan F. M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele
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