The Politics of Rating Freedom: Ideological Affinity, Private Authority, and the Freedom in the World Ratings
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717000925
Abstract: The Freedom in the World (FITW) ratings of countries’ freedom, created by Freedom House in 1972, are widely used by many U.S. audiences, including journalists, policymakers, and scholars. Why and how did these ratings acquire… read more here.
Keywords: freedom; ideological affinity; private authority; authority ... See more keywords
Blurred Lines: Public-Private Interactions in Carbon Regulations
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DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2016.1210943
Abstract: ABSTRACT Carbon markets are flourishing around the globe, created both by governments and by nonstate actors. In this article, I investigate when and why governments choose to interact with and use private rules about carbon… read more here.
Keywords: private interactions; blurred lines; public private; lines public ... See more keywords
Steering capital: the growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management
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DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2019.1699147
Abstract: Abstract Since the global financial crisis, there is a massive shift of assets towards index funds. Rather than picking stocks, index funds replicate stock indices such as the S&P 500. But where do these indices… read more here.
Keywords: index providers; index; age passive; growing private ... See more keywords