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- Title
From Business to Politics: Cross-Border Inter-Firm Networks and Policy Spillovers in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood.
- Authors
Turkina, Ekaterina; Postnikov, Evgeny
- Abstract
The European Union ( EU) encourages cross-border inter-firm networks as a part of its external governance approach. What is the effect of these networks? Do they lead to regulatory convergence around EU standards in the eastern neighbourhood? Using original survey data, as well as data on regional enterprise-related regulations, this article argues that the density of interaction among private actors and between private actors and regional governments in such networks create conditions for private actors to lobby for regulatory change, resulting in approximations to EU standards. By testing the transnational mechanisms of policy change, the article points to the possibility of integration, even in the absence of membership prospects. However, the findings also indicate that the extent of regulatory change is conditioned by cross-border network structure as well as the institutional distance between the partnering regions.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; ECONOMIC conditions in Eastern Europe; EUROPEAN Union; BUSINESS enterprise laws; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; INTERNATIONAL trade; ECONOMIC policy
- Publication
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 5, p1120
- ISSN
0021-9886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jcms.12138