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Working Papers

2022

1. Land Reform and Farming in Interwar Europe
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
   See also Chapter Land Reform and Farming in Interwar Europe, Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan (2024) (2024)

2021

2. Cuando el rentista no es derrotado: el caso de la rabassa catalana, 1890-1936
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
3. Landlords and sharecroppers in wine producing regions: Beaujolais, Catalonia and Tuscany, 1800-1940
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2018

4. The question of land access and the Spanish Land Reform of 1932
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article The question of land access and the Spanish land reform of 1932, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2019) View citations (7) (2019)

2017

5. Capacidad del estado, democracia y política en la Segunda República (1931-1936): el fracaso de la reforma agraria en España
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
6. El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas. Pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
   See also Journal Article El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas: pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra, Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (2019) (2019)
7. Explaining the presence and absence of Spanish farm cooperatives before 1936: a political economy approach
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
8. The nature and response to the 1930s agrarian crisis: Spain in a European perspective
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2015

9. Producer cooperatives and regulation in Europe's wine industry, 1880-1980
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
10. Spanish Land Reform in the 1930s: Economic Necessity or Political Opportunism?
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
11. Too many workers or not enough land? Why land reform fails in Spain during the 1930s
    Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria View citations (4)
12. ¿Campesinos unidos o divididos? La acción colectiva y la revolución social entre los yunteros durante la Segunda República en España (1931-1936)
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2010

13. Explaining contract choice: vertical co-ordination, sharecropping, and wine, France 1850-1950
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2009

14. Old World versus New World: the origins of organizational diversity in the international wine industry, 1850-1914
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (1)
    Also in IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2009) View citations (1)

2008

15. California and the creation of a modern wine industry: 1860-1919
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2007

16. Why sharecropping? Explaining its presence and absence in France’s vineyards, 1750-1950
    Working Papers, Economic History Society
17. Why sharecropping?: explaining its presence and absence in Europe's vineyards, 1750-1950
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2004

18. Phylloxera, price volatility and institutional innovation in france's domestic wine markets, 1870-1911
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2000

19. Labour markets and rural unrest in Spanish agriculture, 1860-1936
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (2)
20. Spanish agriculture in the long run, 1760-1936: an interpretation
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

1999

21. Cooperation and cooperative in southern European wine production: the nature of successful institutional innovation, 1880-1950
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (3)
22. The agrarian crisis in late nineteenth century Spain: a reconsideration
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
23. ¿Son los contratos agrarios un factor determinante del crecimiento económico? El ejemplo de la aparcería en los siglos XIX-XX
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

1998

24. A vueltas con la cuestión agraria catalana: el contrato de "rabassa morta" y los cambios en la viticultura, 1890-1929
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola
25. The "rabassa morta" in Catalan viticulture: the rise and decline of a long term sharecropping contract, 1670s-1920s
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The “Rabassa Morta” in Catalan Viticulture: The Rise and Decline of a Long-Term Sharecropping Contract, 1670s–1920s, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1999) View citations (8) (1999)

1995

26. How important was tariff protection for Spanish farming prior to 1936?
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History

1993

27. Spanish agricultural production and productivity 1890-1936
    UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía

1988

28. Technical change, labour absorption and living standards in Andalucía, 1886-1936
    Documentos de trabajo de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales

Journal Articles

2019

1. El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas: pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra
   Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2019, (77), 169-199
   See also Working Paper El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas. Pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra, IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH (2017) (2017)
2. The question of land access and the Spanish land reform of 1932
   Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (2), 669-690 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper The question of land access and the Spanish Land Reform of 1932, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) (2018)

2017

3. Product quality or market regulation? Explaining the slow growth of Europe's wine cooperatives, 1880–1980
   Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (1), 122-142 View citations (7)
4. Too many workers or not enough land? The experience of land reform in Spain during the 1930s
   Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2017, (72), 37-68

2014

5. Los contratos de cesión de tierra en Extremadura en el primer tercio del siglo XX
   Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2014, (63), 183-213

2012

6. Explaining contract choice: vertical coordination, sharecropping, and wine in Europe, 1850–1950
   Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (3), 887-909 View citations (4)

2011

7. Factor endowments, markets and vertical integration. The development of commercial wine production in Argentina, Australia and California, c1870-1914*
   Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2011, 29, (1), 39-66 View citations (2)
8. Oceans of Wine: Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste. By David Hancock. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. xxix + 632 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, maps, photographs, tables. Cloth, $50.00. ISBN: 978-0-300-13605-0
   Business History Review, 2011, 85, (2), 398-401

2010

9. El agricultor moral y la Nueva Economia Institucional
   Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, 2010, (225), 8

2005

10. Cooperation and Conflicts: Institutional Innovation in France's Wine Markets, 1870–1911
    Business History Review, 2005, 79, (3), 527-558 View citations (4)
11. Poverty, progress, and population
    Economic History Review, 2005, 58, (1), 202-203
12. Too Little Regulation? The British Market for Sherry, 1840-90
    Business History, 2005, 47, (3), 367-382 View citations (4)

2004

13. Selling to reluctant drinkers: the British wine market, 1860–1914
    Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (1), 80-108 View citations (12)

1999

14. The “Rabassa Morta” in Catalan Viticulture: The Rise and Decline of a Long-Term Sharecropping Contract, 1670s–1920s
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (2), 290-315 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper The "rabassa morta" in Catalan viticulture: the rise and decline of a long term sharecropping contract, 1670s-1920s, IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH (1998) View citations (1) (1998)

1997

15. Did tariffs stifle Spanish agriculture before 1936?
    European Review of Economic History, 1997, 1, (1), 65-87 View citations (3)
16. Economic Development in Spain, 1850–1936
    Economic History Review, 1997, 50, (2), 348-359 View citations (1)

1996

17. Cultivo de trigo y cambio técnico en España, 1900-1936
    Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 1996, (11), 39-56

1994

18. La produccion y la productividad agraria españolas, 1890–1936
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1994, 12, (1), 43-84 View citations (1)

1991

19. The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain. By Benjamin Martin. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1990. Pp. xvii, 576. $42.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (4), 979-980

1989

20. La produccion agraria y el consumo español en el siglo XIX*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1989, 7, (2), 355-388 View citations (21)
21. Una respuesta al profesor Leandro Prados de la Escosura
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1989, 7, (3), 719-723 View citations (1)

1987

22. La eleccion de tecnica en el cultivo triguero y el atraso de la agricultura española a finales del siglo XIX*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1987, 5, (2), 271-299 View citations (3)

Books

2024

1. Family Farmers, Land Reforms and Political Action
   Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan

2020

2. Why Democracy Failed
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (4)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2020) View citations (4)

2011

3. Creating Wine: The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (47)

2003

4. Spanish Agriculture
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1996) View citations (19)

Edited books

1995

1. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SPAIN SINCE 1870
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2024

1. Agriculture and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. Agriculture and the State
   Palgrave Macmillan
3. Conclusions
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. Family Farmers: From Cooperatives and Voluntary Associations to Political Parties
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. Farm Labourers: Exit, Loyalty, or Voice?
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. Farmers and the Dynamics of Agricultural Change in Interwar Europe
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. Farmers and the Politics of Interwar Europe
   Palgrave Macmillan
8. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan
9. Land Reform and Farming in Interwar Europe
   Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper Land Reform and Farming in Interwar Europe, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola (2022) (2022)
10. The Great Depression: Commodity Chains, Farm Organizations, and State Capacity
    Palgrave Macmillan
11. When Do Landed Elites Voluntarily Give Up Power? The Europe Experience
    Palgrave Macmillan

2011

12. European Wine on the Eve of the Railways
    A chapter in Creating Wine: The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914, 2011