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Pathologies in International Policy Transfer: The Case of the OECD Tax Transparency Initiative
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Eccleston, RG and Woodward, R, Pathologies in International Policy Transfer: The Case of the OECD Tax Transparency Initiative, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 16, (3) pp. 216-229. ISSN 1572-5448 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/13876988.2013.854446
Abstract
The importance of international organizations to the development and diffusion of international policy norms is widely recognized but is increasingly tempered by an appreciation of the pathologies of policy transfer. Using a case study of the OECD’s campaign to promote transparency in global tax affairs, this paper identifies a new and relatively distinctive form of dysfunctional policy transfer. Specifically it argues that international organizations face bureaucratic incentives to promote weak or lowest common denominator standards in order to maximize their prospects of brokering successful international agreements. However the paper also notes that while international organizations may have a short-term interest in promoting weak standards, their longer-term legitimacy is often tied to the effectiveness of the standards they promote. It is argued that this dynamic often leads to incremental policy change.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Public policy |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | International relations |
Objective Field: | International organisations |
UTAS Author: | Eccleston, RG (Professor Richard Eccleston) |
ID Code: | 87416 |
Year Published: | 2014 (online first 2013) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2013-11-15 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-27 |
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