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The Rise and Fall of the World's Largest Wine Exporter—And Its Institutional Legacy

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  • Meloni, Giulia
  • Swinnen, Johan

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It is hard to imagine in the 21st global wine economy, but until 50 years ago Algeria was the largest exporter of wine in the world – and by a wide margin. Between 1880 and 1930 Algerian wine production grew dramatically. Equally spectacular is the decline of Algerian wine production: today, Algeria produces and exports little wine. This paper analyzes the causes of the rise and the fall of the Algerian wine industry. There was an important bi-directional impact between developments of the Algerian wine sector and French regulations. French regulations had a major impact on the Algerian wine industry. Vice versa, the growth of the Algerian wine industry triggered the introduction of important wine regulations in France at the beginning of the 20th century and during the 1930s. Important elements of these regulations are still present in the European Wine Policy today.

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Volume (Year): 9 (2014)
Issue (Month): 01 (May)
Pages: 3-33

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  • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
  • N54 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: 1913-
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  1. Kym Anderson & Joseph Francois & Douglas Nelson & Glyn Wittwer, 2016. "Intra-industry Trade in a Rapidly Globalizing Industry: The Case of Wine," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(4), pages 820-836, 09.
  2. Jordi Planas, 2015. "State intervention in wine markets and collective action in France and Spain during the early twentieth century," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 1503, Asociacion Espa–ola de Historia Economica.
  3. Fabien CANDAU & Florent DEISTING & Julie SCHLICK, 2016. "How Income and Crowding Eects inuence the World Market for French Wines," Working Papers 2015-2016_8, CATT - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, revised Mar 2016.
  4. Pedro Lains, 2017. "Portugal’s wine globalization waves, 1750-2015," Working Papers 0113, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
  5. Giulia Meloni & Johan Swinnen, 2015. "L’Histoire se répète. Why the liberalization of the EU vineyard planting rights regime may require another French Revolution (And why the US and French Constitutions may have looked very different wit," LICOS Discussion Papers 36715, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven.

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