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Varieties of capitalism: the institutional foundations of comparative advantage

Peter A. Hall, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2001 - 
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In this paper, the authors highlight the role of business in national economies and show that there is more than one path to economic success, and explain national differences in social and economic policy.
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What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success.

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From comparing capitalisms to the politics of institutional change

Gregory Jackson, +1 more
- 23 Oct 2008 - 
TL;DR: The comparative capitalisms (CC) approach to political economy as mentioned in this paper is based on three theoretical premises: first, national economies are characterized by distinct institutional configurations; second, these configurations are a source of comparative institutional advantage; and third, the configurations are stabilized by institutional path dependence.
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The Politics of Common Knowledge: Ideas and Institutional Change in Wage Bargaining

Pepper D. Culpepper
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate how the process of common knowledge creation between employers and unions changed the course of negotiations over national wage bargaining institutions, which can lead even powerful actors to accept institutions they had previously opposed.
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An institutional logics approach to social entrepreneurship: Market logic, religious diversity, and resource acquisition by microfinance organizations

Eric Yanfei Zhao, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how institutional logics, related to market and religion, shape the nature and amount of capital acquired by micro-finance organizations (MFOs).
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The Consequences of Economic Globalization for Affluent Democracies

David J. Brady, +2 more
- 18 Jul 2007 - 
TL;DR: The authors review social science research on the consequences of economic globalization for the state, the economy, and civil society, and advocate for a concrete position of empirical scrutiny, between the grand theorists and earlier empirical skeptics, and measure economic globalization as the heightening of international trade and investment.
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Drivers of Female Labour Force Participation in the OECD

Olivier Thévenon
- 23 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the response of female labour force participation to the evolution of labour markets and policies supporting the reconciliation of work and family life, using country-level data from the early 1980s for 18 OECD countries, and estimated the influence of labour market and institutional characteristics on female labor force participation, and full-time and part-time employment participation.