Do consumers learn from tasting scores set by experts?

Using data from whisky tastings and fixed effect regressions, we find that net of any composition effect, experts report different tasting scores on average. This indicates that consumers have little to learn from absolute scores.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00695723
Author Vaillant, Nicolas Gérard, Wolff, François-Charles
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 19, 2026, 13:34 (UTC)
Created May 19, 2026, 13:34 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00695723
Language en
Rights https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/
contributor Lille - Economie et Management (LEM) ; Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Vaillant, Nicolas Gérard
date 2012-05-09T00:00:00
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