Le vin africain à l'époque impériale

Lequément, Robert

doi:10.3406/antaf.1980.1063

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“…From the beginning, there were major implementation and enforcement problems with Domitian's edict (Lequément, 1980; Leschi, 1957; Tchernia, 1989). 16 Part of the problem was that the emperor himself did not seem to be keen on enforcing the regulation, partly in fear of his own life after receiving threats from vineyard owners opposing uprooting of their vineyards.…”

Section: The Roman Empire and Its European Coloniesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Meloni

Swinnen

2021

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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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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Section: The Roman Empire and Its European Coloniesmentioning

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

Meloni

Swinnen

2021

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“…In response to the collapse of wine production in France, French colonies in North Africa started looking to expand wine production, aided by the inflow of technology, capital and know‐how and wine trade liberalisation with France . French import tariffs on Algerian wine imports were removed in 1867 and on Tunisian wine in 1890 (Isnard, ; Kassab, Abdussalam, & Abusedra, ; Lequément, ; Nogaro & Moye, ).…”

Section: Colonial Trade Liberalisation and Investments In The Wine Inmentioning

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The political economy of regulations and trade: Wine trade 1860–1970

Meloni

Swinnen

2018

World Economy

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Dramatic changes in the 1860–1970 wine trade provide insights on the political economy of regulations and policy instrument choice and trade. An invasion of Phylloxera in the 1870s turned France from the world's leading exporter to a massive importer of wine and grapes. When French production recovered a combination of tariffs, safety regulations and quality standards were introduced to protect its French producers, causing dramatic changes in global wine and grape production and trade, including in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Changes in wine regulations were caused by relative income and loss aversion factors in political economy. Tariffs were the preferred policy instruments as they directly restrict imports, bring in revenues, have low transaction costs and are preferred political instruments when there are information imperfections. Safety regulations and quality standards, including labelling and input prohibitions, reduce asymmetric information for consumers or undesirable externalities, and simultaneously protected domestic producers. Regulations were often targeted at imported products (wine and raisins) when tariffs were ineffective or constrained by institutions (such as on colonial wine). Hence, tariffs and quality regulations were jointly used in wine policy, both as complements and as substitutes in policy design.

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Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia

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Le vin africain à l'époque impériale

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

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

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

The political economy of regulations and trade: Wine trade 1860–1970

Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia

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