GlobalReg
“The Spread of Regulatory Institutions. Sectorial Networks and National Hierarchies in a Global World”
2009-2012
This project has documented and analyzed the process of diffusion of regulatory agencies across countries and sectors, while at the same time identifying varieties of regulatory agencies. To this end, the GlobalReg Research Group has developed a database on the institutional characteristics of regulatory agencies in 16 sectors and 119 countries, which includes various variables related to the organizational characteristics of agencies, on the one hand, and to the formal policy making process, on the other.
Building on the development of this new and innovative database, the project aimed to deepen our understanding of the process of institutional transfer and design in the context of the globalization of regulatory capitalism. The statistical analysis enabled us to identify time trends and to differentiate spatial dimensions or channels of diffusion, while capturing similarities and differences across regulatory agencies, and how they adapt to various political and economic contexts.
One of the main insights of this research is that there are multiple paths of institutional adaptation mixed with processes of learning and emulation. This quantitative approach was complemented by four case studies focusing on the international dimension of agencies, the relations and links they establish, and the exchange of information among professional networks of regulators. These detailed case studies unraveled the political processes and policy dynamics underlying institutional adaptations and organizational adjustments after the creation of regulatory agencies.
Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Grant CSO2009-11053
Researchers
2009-2012
This project has documented and analyzed the process of diffusion of regulatory agencies across countries and sectors, while at the same time identifying varieties of regulatory agencies. To this end, the GlobalReg Research Group has developed a database on the institutional characteristics of regulatory agencies in 16 sectors and 119 countries, which includes various variables related to the organizational characteristics of agencies, on the one hand, and to the formal policy making process, on the other.
Building on the development of this new and innovative database, the project aimed to deepen our understanding of the process of institutional transfer and design in the context of the globalization of regulatory capitalism. The statistical analysis enabled us to identify time trends and to differentiate spatial dimensions or channels of diffusion, while capturing similarities and differences across regulatory agencies, and how they adapt to various political and economic contexts.
One of the main insights of this research is that there are multiple paths of institutional adaptation mixed with processes of learning and emulation. This quantitative approach was complemented by four case studies focusing on the international dimension of agencies, the relations and links they establish, and the exchange of information among professional networks of regulators. These detailed case studies unraveled the political processes and policy dynamics underlying institutional adaptations and organizational adjustments after the creation of regulatory agencies.
Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Grant CSO2009-11053
Researchers
External Contributors
Main outcomes
Journal articles
Jordana, Jacint, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín & Andrea C. Bianculli . 2018. Agency Proliferation and the Globalization of the Regulatory State: Introducing a Data Set on the Institutional Features of Regulatory Agencies, Regulation & Governance, doi: 10.1111/rego.12189
Fernández-i-Marín, Xavier, Andrea C. Bianculli & Jacint Jordana. 2015. Are Regulatory Agencies Independent in Practice? Evidence from Board Members in Spain, Regulation & Governance, 10(3): 230-247, doi: 10.1111/rego.12084
Fernández-i-Marín, Xavier & Jacint Jordana. 2015. The Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism: Transnational Networks and the Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies within Regions, Contemporary Politics, 21(4): 417-434, doi: 10.1080/13569775.2015.1010776. Here more information about the data and the codebook.
Jordana, Jacint & Guillermo Rosas. 2014. When do Autonomous Banking Regulators promote Stability?, European Journal of Political Research, 53(4): 672-691, doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12059
Bianculli, Andrea C. 2013. The Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies: Integrating levels, consolidating identities in the regulatory state in the South, Regulation & Governance, 7(4): 547-559, doi: 10.1111/rego.12036
Jordana, Jacint, David Levi-Faur, Xavier Fernández. 2011. Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies: Channels of Transfer and Stages of Diffusion, Comparative Political Studies, 44(10): 1343-1369
Jordana, Jacint & David Levi-Faur. 2010. Exploring Trends and Variations in Agency Scope, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 11(4): 342-360
Book chapters
Jordana, Jacint & Guillermo Rosas. 2018. Central Banks and Banking Regulation: Historical Legacies and Institutional Challenges, in Bach, Tobias & Kai Wegrich (Ed.) The Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracy and the Politics of Non‐Coordination. Executive Politics and Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-216
Jordana, Jacint. 2016. Las agencias reguladoras en América Latina: una perspectiva institucional, in Lamprea, Everaldo & Helena Alviar García (Ed.) El Estado Regulador en Colombia, Bogotá: Editorial Uniandes (Version in Portuguese in Pimenta de Faria, Carlos Aurélio, Denilson Banderia Coêlho & Sidney Jard da Silva (Ed.) 2016. Difusão de Políticas Públicas, São Bernardo do Campo-SP: Editora da Universidade Federal do ABC (EdUFABC), pp. 211-236)
Journal articles
Jordana, Jacint, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín & Andrea C. Bianculli . 2018. Agency Proliferation and the Globalization of the Regulatory State: Introducing a Data Set on the Institutional Features of Regulatory Agencies, Regulation & Governance, doi: 10.1111/rego.12189
Fernández-i-Marín, Xavier, Andrea C. Bianculli & Jacint Jordana. 2015. Are Regulatory Agencies Independent in Practice? Evidence from Board Members in Spain, Regulation & Governance, 10(3): 230-247, doi: 10.1111/rego.12084
Fernández-i-Marín, Xavier & Jacint Jordana. 2015. The Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism: Transnational Networks and the Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies within Regions, Contemporary Politics, 21(4): 417-434, doi: 10.1080/13569775.2015.1010776. Here more information about the data and the codebook.
Jordana, Jacint & Guillermo Rosas. 2014. When do Autonomous Banking Regulators promote Stability?, European Journal of Political Research, 53(4): 672-691, doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12059
Bianculli, Andrea C. 2013. The Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies: Integrating levels, consolidating identities in the regulatory state in the South, Regulation & Governance, 7(4): 547-559, doi: 10.1111/rego.12036
Jordana, Jacint, David Levi-Faur, Xavier Fernández. 2011. Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies: Channels of Transfer and Stages of Diffusion, Comparative Political Studies, 44(10): 1343-1369
Jordana, Jacint & David Levi-Faur. 2010. Exploring Trends and Variations in Agency Scope, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 11(4): 342-360
Book chapters
Jordana, Jacint & Guillermo Rosas. 2018. Central Banks and Banking Regulation: Historical Legacies and Institutional Challenges, in Bach, Tobias & Kai Wegrich (Ed.) The Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracy and the Politics of Non‐Coordination. Executive Politics and Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-216
Jordana, Jacint. 2016. Las agencias reguladoras en América Latina: una perspectiva institucional, in Lamprea, Everaldo & Helena Alviar García (Ed.) El Estado Regulador en Colombia, Bogotá: Editorial Uniandes (Version in Portuguese in Pimenta de Faria, Carlos Aurélio, Denilson Banderia Coêlho & Sidney Jard da Silva (Ed.) 2016. Difusão de Políticas Públicas, São Bernardo do Campo-SP: Editora da Universidade Federal do ABC (EdUFABC), pp. 211-236)
