International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 8 Issue 1

Simulating the role of institutions on the use of common pool resources

Timothy R. Huerta

In 1968, Garrett Hardin identified a class of common goods that suffer under traditional market mechanisms. As a result, institutions become pivotal in defining acceptable…

Ready for european economic and monetary union? Party composition of government, budgeting institutions and fiscal deficit in central and eastern europe

Vesselin Dimitrov

This article examines the effect of party composition of government on the centralization of budgeting institutions in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria in…

Facing the challenges of eu accession: development of coordination structures in Estonia

Külli Viks, Tiina Randma-Liiv

The article analyzes the ‘Europeanization’ of public administration in Estonia with a specific focus on the development of coordination structures. The decentralized approach to…

Enlargement and normative reform in the European Union: the example of flexibility

Alex Warleigh

Flexibility (enhanced cooperation) has arisen in the European Union (EU) agenda as a function of recent enlargement rounds and is now one of the key issues in the construction of…