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The Grape Phylloxera Plague as a Natural Experiment: the Upkeep of Vineyards in Catalonia (Spain), 1858-1935

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This paper analyses the impact in Catalonia of the grape Phylloxera plague in Europe (1865-90). A statistical model is used to analyse the economic resilience of 35 districts in Catalonia to this external ecological and economic shock, and to explain why districts in the provinces of Barcelona and Tarragona resumed growing wine grapes after the plague, in contrast to districts in Girona and Lleida provinces. The opportunity cost of labour, the demand pull of Barcelona's commercial growth, and the agro-climatic suitability of land for growing grapes are used to explain the differing capacities of districts to endure the Phylloxera plague in Catalonia.

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Fil·loxera, Vinicultura, Plagues agrícoles

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Phylloxera, Wine industry, Agricultural pests

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BADIA-MIRÓ, Marc, et al. The Grape Phylloxera Plague as a Natural Experiment: the Upkeep of Vineyards in Catalonia (Spain), 1858-1935. Australian Economic History Review. 2010. Vol. 50, num. 1, pags. 39-61. ISSN 0004-8992. [consulted: 9 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98188

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