… How does partial commitment work, or how is it possible for … Why do policy-makers sometimes
respect institutional constraints and other times defect on institutional commitments? Why …

… Institutions matter for the EU in a unique way: the process of European integration is a joint
exercise in norm-setting and institution… to explain why the current institutionbuilding process is …

… In Chapter 3 we consider the central question of how institutions do their work. We propose
that institutions constrain actors in three different ways: through rules, practices and narratives…

… But the question stands: Why do the winner and the losers behave in a way that is consistent
with the rules? Are they obeying the rules or are they doing what they would have done …

… In Section 4 we analyze the role of unequal property regimes and the resultant distributive
conflicts in explaining why dysfunctional institutions often persist. Section 5 outlines some …

… In our book, Democracies at War, we asked the question: Why do democracies tend to
win the wars they fight? We confirmed this pattern, first noted by David Lake in his "Powerful …

… Instead, I have decided to give a more general talk about why I work on the topics that I do
and why I think they are important. I will develop many of the themes that Douglas Gale and I …

… Why, despite government intervention in many parts of the world, … that ‘institutions matter’,
another is agreeing on what are institutions and on which institutions matter for development. …

… Currently, the empirical literature on institutions and innovation in Africa is still budding and
… it matters. However, to what magnitude does it matter and what kind of institutions matter? …

… The second type of situation where EU institutions matter is when they facilitate compromise
by assisting and advising Presidencies, together with brokering key deals. By playing this …