?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=LSE+PSPE+Working+Paper+1%2F2011&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F75%2F&rft.title=Why+Do+States+Commit+to+International+Labour+Standards%3F%0D%0AThe+Importance+of+%E2%80%9CRivalry%E2%80%9D+and+%E2%80%9CFriendship%E2%80%9D&rft.creator=Baccini%2C+Leonardo&rft.creator=Koenig-Archibugi%2C+Mathias&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=Ratifying+conventions+adopted+by+the+International+Labour+Organization+creates+legal%0D%0Aobligations+to+improve+labour+standards+in+the+domestic+economy.+Why+do+states%0D%0Achoose+to+ratify+them%3F+Two+influential+theoretical+approaches+offer+contrasting%0D%0Aexplanations.+Rational+institutionalist+theory+expects+states+to+use+institutions+such+as%0D%0Athe+ILO+to+improve+or+consolidate+their+preferred+standards+while+reducing+the+risk+of%0D%0Asuffering+competitive+disadvantages+in+world+markets.+In+this+view%2C+ILO+conventions%0D%0Aare+devices+for+the+prevention+and+mitigation+of+regulatory+%E2%80%9Craces+to+the+bottom%E2%80%9D%0D%0Aamong+trade+rivals.+By+contrast%2C+sociological+institutionalism+expect+states+to+ratify%0D%0AILO+conventions+if+doing+so+conforms+to+a+norm+of+appropriate+behaviour+that+is%0D%0Aprevalent+in+the+states%E2%80%99+respective+peer+groups.+The+paper+develops+observable%0D%0Aimplications+of+the+two+explanations+and+tests+them+by+applying+spatial+regression%0D%0Amodels+to+seven+core+ILO+conventions%2C+187+countries%2C+and+40+years.+The+paper+finds%0D%0Asome+evidence+in+support+of+both+explanations%2C+but+sociological+institutionalism+is%0D%0Asupported+more+strongly+than+rational+institutionalism.&rft.publisher=The+London+School+of+Economics+and+Political+Science%2C+Political+Science+and+Political+Economy+Group+&rft.date=2010-11&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Baccini%2C+Leonardo+and+Koenig-Archibugi%2C+Mathias++Why+Do+States+Commit+to+International+Labour+Standards%3F+The+Importance+of+%E2%80%9CRivalry%E2%80%9D+and+%E2%80%9CFriendship%E2%80%9D.++Working+Paper+++The+London+School+of+Economics+and+Political+Science%2C+Political+Science+and+Political+Economy+Group++++++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.lse.ac.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fresearch%2Fresgroups%2FPSPE%2Fpdf%2FPSPE_WP1_11.pdf&rft.relation=LSE+PSPE+Working+Paper+1%2F2011