This article tackles with the economic content of the Spanish encyclopaedic literature of the 18th Century. After having analysed the genealogy of the dictionaries of commerce of the European Enlightenment, the paper studies the Spanish projects, as well as the economic content of the Spanish...

This article analyses the economic entries of Enciclopedia Moderna, the first encyclopaedia to be written in Spanish. The selection, nature, and content of the economic entries in this encyclopaedia are carefully studied and particular attention is paid to its central role as a means of...

This paper contains a brief presentation of the economic history of Spain. It also analyzes the Spanish legislation and practice in several legal areas that are key to define the current profile of Spanish Economic Law (Trade, Investment, Financial Regulation, Insurance, Stock Exchanges,...

Obstáculos comerciales a la transición nutricional en la España de comienzos del siglo XX.

Este trabajo estudia las relaciones entre Hacienda y agricultura en España durante el siglo XIX, a través de la presión fiscal soportada por la renta agraria. Un primer apartado es de carácter metodológico. El segundo describe brevemente la reforma tributaria de 1845 que implantó en...

El Banco Urquijo ha sido el banco industrial español por antonomasia durante el siglo XX. Desde su constitución en 1918, su estrategia fue impulsar la industrialización y el desarrollo del país promoviendo, gestionando y financiando un amplio número de empresas en casi todos los sectores...

In the early twentieth century winegrowersin Europe faced a crisis of overproduction, with steeply falling prices and sharp increases in wages and production costs. Since the markets showed no signs of correcting themselves, the winegrowers called for state intervention. In the major wine...

The objective of this study is to analyse the factors determining the process of internationalisation of the Spanish agrifood industry from a long-term perspective. The paper concentrates on the empirical verification of the existence of a home market effect and on the effects on trade flows of...