Formal independence of regulatory agencies and Varieties of Capitalism: A case of institutional complementarity?

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-229

  Guardiancich, Igor ^a   Guidi, Mattia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

agency; coordination; independence; regulation; varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985911257     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12080     Document Type: Article

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