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HENISZ, WITOLD J (4) answer(s).
 
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Interest groups, veto points, and Electricity infrastructure / Henisz, Witold J; Zelner, Bennet A   Journal Article
Henisz, Witold J Journal Article
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Publication 2006.
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Political Economy of Financial Reform: de Jure Liberalization vs. de Facto Implementation / Henisz, Witold J ; Mansfield, Edward D   Journal Article
Mansfield, Edward D Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Over the past three decades, numerous countries have engaged in financial reform, prompting widespread interest in the sources of this development. Virtually all of the studies conducted on this topic, however, have focused on explaining neoliberal policy adoption in the financial sector, without addressing whether the adopted reforms actually generate neoliberal economic outcomes. This gap in the literature is important because many policy reforms are not implemented or enforced. In this article, we conduct one of the first studies of the conditions under which de jure financial reforms are implemented, yielding de facto financial liberalization. We argue that democracy inhibits de facto financial reform when society at large is dissatisfied with government. Under these circumstances, democratic officials may be tempted to announce but not to follow through on financial policy liberalization or be unable to follow through, either fearing or facing opportunistic political opposition from legislative or partisan veto players who either represent or seek the electoral support of interest groups harmed by implementing financial reforms. Based on an analysis of ninety countries from 1980–2005 corroborated by a series of illustrative case studies, we find considerable support for this argument.
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ID:   109938


Three waves of BITs: the global diffusion of foreign investment policy / Jandhyala, Srividya; Henisz, Witold J; Mansfield, Edward D   Journal Article
Mansfield, Edward D Journal Article
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Publication 2011.
Summary/Abstract Bilateral investment treaties (BITs), agreements that provide extensive rights and protection to foreign investors, were first adopted in the 1960s, proliferated in the late 1980s and 1990s, especially among developing countries, and seemingly fell out of fashion after 2001. To explain this life cycle of diffusion across the international state system, we argue that BIT signing followed a traditional logic of diffusion for an innovation albeit here in the policy realm. In the first period, BITs provided a solution to the time inconsistency problem facing host governments and foreign investors. In the second period, these treaties became the global standard governing foreign investment. As the density of BITs among peer countries increased, more countries signed them in order to gain legitimacy and acceptance without a full understanding of their costs and competencies. More recently, as the potential legal liabilities involved in BIT signing have become more broadly understood, the pattern of adoption has reverted to a more competitive and rational logic. Our empirical tests of BIT signing over four decades provide evidence for such a three-stage model.
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Votes and vetoes: the political determinants of commercial openness / Henisz, Witold J; Mansfield, Edward D   Journal Article
Mansfield, Edward D Journal Article
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Publication 2006.
Key Words Trade Policy  Economic Policy 
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