Do third parties have an impact on the compliance observed with rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization? I demonstrate that third parties can impact the cost-benefit calculations of the respondent in its decision to comply with the rulings issued in a World Trade...

Few political scientists would deny the centrality of institutions in comparative political studies. Institutions, conceptualized as “the rules of the game in society” (North 1990, 3), impose constraints on people’s behavior and shape their strategies of interaction. These humanly devised...