Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267921 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 425
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
colonial expansions
globalization
planting restrictions
regulation
wine history
JEL: 
F68
L66
N40
N50
Q15
Q18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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