“…For them, the most important explanatory variables for IO behavior are state preferences or interstate coalitional politics. These dictate why states establish or select IOs, the extent to which states use their chosen IOs, and why IO rules and behaviors change over time (Bayer, Marcoux, & Urpelainen, ; Dietrich, ; Humphrey & Michaelowa, ; Koremenos, Lipson, & Snidal, ; Lyne, Nielson, & Tierney, ). In sum, state interests dictate IO behavior and limit their autonomous impact on political outcomes.…”