Valorisation des patrimoines et dynamique régionale

Abstract

The Champagne area is not a very dynamic place while Champagne wine industry -and its heritage- is highly profitable. To explain this paradox, we consider the competition for sharing income and land rent within the Champagne industry. It led to unproductive uses of the Champagne profits limiting their spillover benefits and creating lock-in effects. At the end of 1980s, the entry of the actors of luxury industry modified the internal dynamics of wine production without leading to a development of other industries.

Keywords

• heritage
• champagne
• local development
• land rent