145123 20260410135823.0 doi 10.1007/s11698-024-00292-5 sideral 139955 ART-2025-139955 eng Delgado, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5891-4671 From net importer to global leader: understanding the drivers of Spain’s meat export growth since the 1960s 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted How has Spain transitioned from historically having a relatively low meat production and being a net importer of meat in 1990 to becoming the world’s leading exporter of pork in 2020? This is the research question we aim to address in this article. In our quest for an answer, we constructed a gravity model to examine the determinants of Spanish meat exports. We posit that a significant surge in domestic meat consumption since the 1960s led to substantial economies of scale in the sector, rendering it highly competitive by the 1980s. Consequently, when Spain joined the European Union and liberalized the sector, it was sufficiently competitive to conquer international markets. In other words, we aim to study how a Home Market Effect has occurred in Spain and how it has been reinforced by the European Union adhesion. Ultimately, this high competitiveness has allowed Spain to capitalize on China’s demand for pork in recent years. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2022-138886NB-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-23R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 0.7 2024 HISTORY 49 / 542 = 0.09 2024 Q1 T1 HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 18 / 45 = 0.4 2024 Q2 T2 ECONOMICS 460 / 620 = 0.742 2024 Q3 T3 1.026 2024 History 2024 Q1 Economics and Econometrics 2024 Q2 3.5 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Pinilla, Vicente Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2256-8898 Belloc, Ignacio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1081-4107 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 4014 480 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. 19 (2025), 487-519 Cliometrica Cliometrica 1863-2505 1146156 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145123/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1241710 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145123/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145123 articulos driver 2026-04-10-13:53:50 ARTICLE