The Oxford Handbook of Institutions of International Economic Governance and Market Regulation

After years of globalizations, as several nations seem to be clinging on identity and domestic economy, one can wonder whether we are witnessing the beginning of a new trend in the global dynamic, or a superficial, emotionally driven political mobilization. These recent evolutions certainly call for a deeper understanding of the institutional drivers of the globalization, as well as of the more recent developments. Understanding the institutional roots of the evolution of the international economic order is the purpose of this book.

Part I - The (micro) foundations of International markets
The micro-foundation of cross-border exchange and transnational contracts through analysis of how private ordering, networks of agents, and governments build and regulate (imperfect) markets.

Part II - The challenges of compliance
The challenges of compliance with those regulations is discussed, highlighting how market discipline and judicial sanctions combine, and establish the “rule of law” at the international level.

Part III - Are sovereigns responding to transnational market failures ?
The governmental initiatives to organize markets and fix market failures in a world characterized by political fragmentation amongst governments and the increasing intervention of non-governmental actors.

Part IV - Alternative to hierarchical orders ?
How new modes of law-making, forms of dispute settlement, and vectors of accountability combine to initiate emerging models of governance, which co-exist with traditional ones.