As governments continue to privatize infrastructure services like electricity or gas the importance of private infrastructure providers increases. After some years these providers are often confronted with stricter state regulation that impacts their freedom of action and reduces their...

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization & outcomes. This text explores the issues, perspectives, & models, concerned with comparative institutional analysis. The leading scholars in the area contribute chapters to provide a central reference point for...

Are newly established institutions capable of shaping actors' strategies and coordinating behavior on a single path? Contrary to punctuated equilibrium analyses, this paper suggests that the constraining capacity of a range of newly established institutions in new European capitalisms is weak...