Explaining variation in institutional integration in the European Union: why firms may prefer European solutions

Weber, Katja; Hallerberg, Mark

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“…Just how the anticipation of such distributional impacts by different actors feeds into the creation of supranational governance structures remains unexplained by existing integration theories. Weber and Hallerberg (2001) have suggested that firms' preferences for more or less institutional integration depend on the transaction costs in a sector and the perceived level of threat among market players. While the argument carries weight, it fails to address important points: why would public actors heed private preferences?…”

Section: European Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reordering the Marketplace: Competition Politics in European Finance*

Mügge

2006

J of Common Market Studies

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Over the last 15 years, Europe has seen the liberalization of national financial markets as well as the integration of these markets and their governance through the introduction of the 'Lamfalussy process'. This article argues that we can best understand these shifts as one integrated project of market-building in Europe, guided by distributional struggles over the terms of mutual markets access. To comprehend the complex linkages between private and public actors across levels of governance, we have to look beyond macro-theories of integration and financial liberalization upholding an analytical state-market dichotomy and adopt an integrative approach to theory, instead. Using the example of securities markets, this article argues that 'competition politics' are key to understanding European financial market integration. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Section: European Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reordering the Marketplace: Competition Politics in European Finance*

Mügge

2006

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Scholars have focused particularly heavily on different aspects of groups' economic profiles in shaping government policy, including the relative size of factor endowments (Rogowski, 1989), the degree of asset-specific sectoral investments (Frieden, 1991), combinations of the two (Hiscox, 2001), and the exposure to international markets (Milner, 1988). This approach has also been extended to the study of international rule-making and informs important studies of the European Union (Moravcsik, 1998;Weber & Hallerberg, 2001).…”

Section: Alternative Logicsmentioning

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The Regulation of Transnational Corporate Identity in Europe

Fioretos

2009

Comparative Political Studies

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Rules governing the corporate identity of multinational companies are national in nature, with the one exception of the European Company Statute. For the first time in the history of capitalism, this statute enables companies to jettison national rules of incorporation in favor of an international legal identity. This article explains why the statute was the most protracted legislative initiative in the history of European integration and why its final form served significantly to constrain the international market for corporate identity in Europe. Its explanations are anchored in an institutional theory of government behavior that draws on the varieties of capitalism and historical institutionalism traditions. The article concludes with suggestions for how these traditions can be extended beyond their normal purview as a means to giving analytical and substantive nuance to the study of international rule-making.

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“…Within the EU, this process is strengthened by the construction of the Single European Market. The intensification of international competition may, for instance, lead firms to support greater political binding at the EU level, thus adding extra force to the Europeanisation of public decision making (Weber and Hallerberg 2001). Economic and political developments in the wake of European integration hence comprise very complicated and mutually reinforcing processes.…”

Section: Europeanisation and National Business Associationsmentioning

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Corporate interests and public affairs: organised business–government relations in EU member states

Wilts¹,

Quittkat

2004

Journal of Public Affairs

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The internationalisation of economic and political affairs changes the way in which business interests are brought to bear on public policy. This is a global phenomenon but can, in particular, be observed in Europe. The construction of the European Union, the development of the Single Market and the build‐up of the policy institutions to go with it, together change business–government relations profoundly. This paper answers the question of how organised business interests relate to government agencies and political institutions. By using the example of trade associations in the Netherlands and Germany, the paper shows that, despite the internationalisation of public affairs in Europe, the national political level remains strategically important for the representation of business interests. The paper thus argues that changes in European business–government relations are institutionally embedded at both the European and the national level. The implication for future research is that much of the dynamics of economic and political internationalisation materialises within the domestic arrangements of interest politics. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications

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Explaining variation in institutional integration in the European Union: why firms may prefer European solutions

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Reordering the Marketplace: Competition Politics in European Finance*

Reordering the Marketplace: Competition Politics in European Finance*

The Regulation of Transnational Corporate Identity in Europe

Corporate interests and public affairs: organised business–government relations in EU member states

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