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Table 8 Determinants of Added SO2

From: The value of added sulfur dioxide in French organic wine

 

Coefficient

Stnd. Error

Marginal Effect

Stnd. Error

Production Variables

   

Ln(Intended Cellar)

−0.080

(0.283)

−0.001

(0.004)

Ferments Added

3.439b

(1.680)

0.037a

(0.022)

Sugar Added

1.046

(1.299)

0.010

(0.010)

Filtered

2.451b

(0.799)

0.049

(0.035)

Oak Barrel

0.130

(0.686)

0.002

(0.010)

Ln(Barrel Aging)

0.682b

(0.269)

0.010b

(0.005)

Wine Characteristics

   

Ln(Price)

−0.056

(0.525)

−0.001

(0.008)

Ln(Price) x White

1.018

(0.964)

0.015

(0.016)

Ln(Price) x Rosé

1.112a

(0.629)

0.016

(0.012)

% Alcohol

−0.162

(0.178)

−0.002

(0.003)

Sparkling

−2.445b

(0.950)

−0.124

(0.127)

Indicators of Quality

   

AOC

0.272

(0.481)

0.004

(0.008)

Grand Cru

−0.323

(1.795)

−0.005

(0.034)

Villages

1.709a

(0.927)

0.014

(0.010)

Parker Dummy Variable

−2.410b

(0.861)

−0.079

(0.051)

Parker Rating

1.105b

(0.543)

0.016

(0.011)

Winery Characteristics

   

FNIVAB

−1.015*

(0.572)

−0.019

(0.018)

Biodyvin

2.845

(3.278)

0.017

(0.012)

Demeter

0.950

(0.802)

0.010

(0.008)

Ln(OrgExp)

−0.872b

(0.343)

−0.013a

(0.007)

Ln(Total Area)

1.736b

(0.545)

0.025b

(0.011)

Controls for Variety, Region, Vintage

Yes

   

Constant

−98.352b

(47.549)

  

N

407

   

R2

0.497

   

Model Type

Probit

   
  1. Marginal effect denotes the percent in the probability of added SO2 resulting from a one-unit change in the explanatory variable
  2. Heteroskedastic robust standard errors reported in parentheses
  3. a, band cindicate significance at the 10 %, 5 %, and 1 % level, respectively