Globalization and political economy of food policies: Insights from planting restrictions in colonial wine markets

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Globalization transforms not just the economics of production and exchange in the world, but also the political economy of public policies. We analyze how wine regulations, and more specifically planting rights restrictions, have been affected by globalization, in particular colonial expansions of wine producing empires. We study several historic cases and find that (a) planting right restrictions and compulsory uprooting of vineyards are introduced to deal with falling wine prices as colonial wine production takes off and expands; (b) that enforcement of the restrictions and uprooting was difficult and often imperfect; and (c) that there was a strong persistence of the policies: after their introduction the restrictions remain in place for a long time (often centuries) and they are only removed after major shocks to the political economy equilibrium.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: LICOS Discussion Paper ; No. 425

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Policy ; Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits ; Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: General, International, or Comparative ; Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: General, International, or Comparative ; Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Thema: colonial expansions ; globalization ; planting restrictions ; regulation ; wine history

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Meloni, Giulia ; Swinnen, Johan F. M.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
• (wo): Leuven
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267921
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ