Umut Aydin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4096773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umut Aydin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umut |
| FAMILY NAME | Aydin |
| SIGNATURE | AYDIN U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7101-6825 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Competition Law and Transitions to and Away From Democracy
Competition law serves not only to regulate markets but also to construct and deepen them, particularly during transitions from centrally planned or heavily regulated to market economies. Its significance is both economic and political: Since its inception, competition law has sought to prevent concentrated economic power from distorting the functioning of democracy. This article explores how competition law shapes democratic transitions and demo…
Erosion of Competition Policy in the Age of Populism
This paper examines how populist governments politicize competition policy and the agencies responsible for enforcing it, focusing on the cases of Hungary, Mexico, and Turkey. We argue that competition policy has critical importance for populist governments as its control helps them advance their policy objectives and facilitates their political survival. We propose that populist governments interfere in competition policy through one of three st…
The Pursuit of Absolute Transparency
Chile is consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in Latin America, and among the top 20% of countries evaluated by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Yet in the last decades, the country has been rocked by corruption scandals, and Chileans have expressed frustration with government efforts to curb corruption. These contradictory trends raise the question whether the country’s anti-corruption and pro-trans…
Embracing policy innovations from abroad
Why and how do policymakers initially sceptical of policy innovations from abroad eventually transfer them to their own countries? Focusing on Chile’s reforms to combat business cartels in 2009 and 2016, this article answers that question. Policy diffusion and transfer literatures maintain that coercion, competition, learning or emulation could account for foreign inspirations in policymaking. However, these literatures overplay the role of coerc…
Rule‐takers, rule‐makers, or rule‐promoters? Turkey and Mexico's role as rising middle powers in global economic governance
Rising middle powers play increasingly active international roles, yet so far we lack systematic analyses of their aspirations and impact on global economic governance. This paper addresses this gap. I argue that the role that rising middle powers assume in global economic governance depends on the degree of alignment of their regulatory preferences with those of established powers, and on the strength of their regulatory institutions. If their p…
Emerging middle powers and the liberal international order
In the post-Cold War era, a number of middle powers rose to prominence thanks to domestic reforms and a favourable international environment of economic and political globalization. These countries began to pursue middle power foreign policies, working actively in international organizations, engaging in areas such as conflict mediation, humanitarian assistance and the promotion of human rights, and helping to diffuse democracy and market reforms…
Regional organizations and durable domestic reforms
Conditionality is a powerful motivator of reforms in countries seeking membership to regional organizations, yet once the country achieves membership, the fate of the reforms becomes uncertain. In practice, while some reforms are overturned, others survive and flourish. This paper explores why some reforms survive and become effective. I argue that the emergence of a pro-reform domestic constituency, and the support of other international organiz…
Who is Afraid of Globalization? Turkish Attitudes toward Trade and Globalization
The Turkish economy has gradually liberalized and has become integrated into the regional and global economies since the 1980s. This article analyzes how the Turkish public evaluates the integration of the Turkish economy into the global economy, in particular, increasing trade ties, globalization, greater availability of foreign products and travel opportunities, the impact of multinational companies and international financial institutions. The…
Issue framing in the European Commission
With or Without the EU
Despite growing pessimism in Turkey regarding EU membership negotiations, domestic reforms in a number of policy areas such as asylum and competition policy have continued and have brought Turkish legislation closer to the European Union (EU) acquis. What explains the continuation of costly reforms in the absence of credible membership prospects in EU candidate countries? We argue for a model of Europeanisation that in addition to policymakers' c…
Promoting Competition
Global developments such as economic interdependence and the proliferation of national and regional competition regimes have created a complex international competition policy environment. The European Commission’s DG Competition has responded to these developments by making the international dimension of competition policy a priority since the late 1980s. It advocated for the establishment of a binding multilateral competition framework at the W…
The Challenges and Trajectories of EU Competition Policy in the Twenty-first Century
Sixty years have now passed since the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, and during that period competition policy has become firmly anchored as one of the key pillars of European integration. A regime of European competition governance has emerged that centers on the European Commission, specifically its Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), and has matured to tackle the four const…
Promoting industries in the global economy
Subsidies have become increasingly important tools of industrial policy due to the gradual liberalization of trade and finance. However, there is considerable variation in the level of subsidies granted by governments of industrialized countries. This article explores domestic and international factors that affect levels of government support to industry in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in the period 1989…
Promoting industries in the global economy
Subsidies have become increasingly important tools of industrial policy due to the gradual liberalization of trade and finance. However, there is considerable variation in the level of subsidies granted by governments of industrialized countries. This article explores domestic and international factors that affect levels of government support to industry in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in the period 1989…
With or Without the EU
Despite growing pessimism in Turkey regarding EU membership negotiations, domestic reforms in a number of policy areas such as asylum and competition policy have continued and have brought Turkish legislation closer to the European Union (EU) acquis. What explains the continuation of costly reforms in the absence of credible membership prospects in EU candidate countries? We argue for a model of Europeanisation that in addition to policymakers' c…
Rule‐takers, rule‐makers, or rule‐promoters? Turkey and Mexico's role as rising middle powers in global economic governance
Rising middle powers play increasingly active international roles, yet so far we lack systematic analyses of their aspirations and impact on global economic governance. This paper addresses this gap. I argue that the role that rising middle powers assume in global economic governance depends on the degree of alignment of their regulatory preferences with those of established powers, and on the strength of their regulatory institutions. If their p…
The Challenges and Trajectories of EU Competition Policy in the Twenty-first Century
Sixty years have now passed since the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, and during that period competition policy has become firmly anchored as one of the key pillars of European integration. A regime of European competition governance has emerged that centers on the European Commission, specifically its Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), and has matured to tackle the four const…
Issue framing in the European Commission
Promoting Competition
Global developments such as economic interdependence and the proliferation of national and regional competition regimes have created a complex international competition policy environment. The European Commission’s DG Competition has responded to these developments by making the international dimension of competition policy a priority since the late 1980s. It advocated for the establishment of a binding multilateral competition framework at the W…
Emerging middle powers and the liberal international order
In the post-Cold War era, a number of middle powers rose to prominence thanks to domestic reforms and a favourable international environment of economic and political globalization. These countries began to pursue middle power foreign policies, working actively in international organizations, engaging in areas such as conflict mediation, humanitarian assistance and the promotion of human rights, and helping to diffuse democracy and market reforms…
Embracing policy innovations from abroad
Why and how do policymakers initially sceptical of policy innovations from abroad eventually transfer them to their own countries? Focusing on Chile’s reforms to combat business cartels in 2009 and 2016, this article answers that question. Policy diffusion and transfer literatures maintain that coercion, competition, learning or emulation could account for foreign inspirations in policymaking. However, these literatures overplay the role of coerc…
Regional organizations and durable domestic reforms
Conditionality is a powerful motivator of reforms in countries seeking membership to regional organizations, yet once the country achieves membership, the fate of the reforms becomes uncertain. In practice, while some reforms are overturned, others survive and flourish. This paper explores why some reforms survive and become effective. I argue that the emergence of a pro-reform domestic constituency, and the support of other international organiz…
Who is Afraid of Globalization? Turkish Attitudes toward Trade and Globalization
The Turkish economy has gradually liberalized and has become integrated into the regional and global economies since the 1980s. This article analyzes how the Turkish public evaluates the integration of the Turkish economy into the global economy, in particular, increasing trade ties, globalization, greater availability of foreign products and travel opportunities, the impact of multinational companies and international financial institutions. The…
Promoting industries in the global economy
Subsidies have become increasingly important tools of industrial policy due to the gradual liberalization of trade and finance. However, there is considerable variation in the level of subsidies granted by governments of industrialized countries. This article explores domestic and international factors that affect levels of government support to industry in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in the period 1989…
Promoting Competition
Global developments such as economic interdependence and the proliferation of national and regional competition regimes have created a complex international competition policy environment. The European Commission’s DG Competition has responded to these developments by making the international dimension of competition policy a priority since the late 1980s. It advocated for the establishment of a binding multilateral competition framework at the W…
The Challenges and Trajectories of EU Competition Policy in the Twenty-first Century
Sixty years have now passed since the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, and during that period competition policy has become firmly anchored as one of the key pillars of European integration. A regime of European competition governance has emerged that centers on the European Commission, specifically its Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), and has matured to tackle the four const…
Issue framing in the European Commission
With or Without the EU
Despite growing pessimism in Turkey regarding EU membership negotiations, domestic reforms in a number of policy areas such as asylum and competition policy have continued and have brought Turkish legislation closer to the European Union (EU) acquis. What explains the continuation of costly reforms in the absence of credible membership prospects in EU candidate countries? We argue for a model of Europeanisation that in addition to policymakers' c…
Who is Afraid of Globalization? Turkish Attitudes toward Trade and Globalization
The Turkish economy has gradually liberalized and has become integrated into the regional and global economies since the 1980s. This article analyzes how the Turkish public evaluates the integration of the Turkish economy into the global economy, in particular, increasing trade ties, globalization, greater availability of foreign products and travel opportunities, the impact of multinational companies and international financial institutions. The…
Regional organizations and durable domestic reforms
Conditionality is a powerful motivator of reforms in countries seeking membership to regional organizations, yet once the country achieves membership, the fate of the reforms becomes uncertain. In practice, while some reforms are overturned, others survive and flourish. This paper explores why some reforms survive and become effective. I argue that the emergence of a pro-reform domestic constituency, and the support of other international organiz…
Rule‐takers, rule‐makers, or rule‐promoters? Turkey and Mexico's role as rising middle powers in global economic governance
Rising middle powers play increasingly active international roles, yet so far we lack systematic analyses of their aspirations and impact on global economic governance. This paper addresses this gap. I argue that the role that rising middle powers assume in global economic governance depends on the degree of alignment of their regulatory preferences with those of established powers, and on the strength of their regulatory institutions. If their p…
Emerging middle powers and the liberal international order
In the post-Cold War era, a number of middle powers rose to prominence thanks to domestic reforms and a favourable international environment of economic and political globalization. These countries began to pursue middle power foreign policies, working actively in international organizations, engaging in areas such as conflict mediation, humanitarian assistance and the promotion of human rights, and helping to diffuse democracy and market reforms…
Embracing policy innovations from abroad
Why and how do policymakers initially sceptical of policy innovations from abroad eventually transfer them to their own countries? Focusing on Chile’s reforms to combat business cartels in 2009 and 2016, this article answers that question. Policy diffusion and transfer literatures maintain that coercion, competition, learning or emulation could account for foreign inspirations in policymaking. However, these literatures overplay the role of coerc…
The Pursuit of Absolute Transparency
Chile is consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in Latin America, and among the top 20% of countries evaluated by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Yet in the last decades, the country has been rocked by corruption scandals, and Chileans have expressed frustration with government efforts to curb corruption. These contradictory trends raise the question whether the country’s anti-corruption and pro-trans…
Competition Law and Transitions to and Away From Democracy
Competition law serves not only to regulate markets but also to construct and deepen them, particularly during transitions from centrally planned or heavily regulated to market economies. Its significance is both economic and political: Since its inception, competition law has sought to prevent concentrated economic power from distorting the functioning of democracy. This article explores how competition law shapes democratic transitions and demo…
Erosion of Competition Policy in the Age of Populism
This paper examines how populist governments politicize competition policy and the agencies responsible for enforcing it, focusing on the cases of Hungary, Mexico, and Turkey. We argue that competition policy has critical importance for populist governments as its control helps them advance their policy objectives and facilitates their political survival. We propose that populist governments interfere in competition policy through one of three st…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · European union (7 works) · International trade (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Competition (biology (6 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (6 works) · Law (6 works) · EU Law and Policy Analysis (5 works) · Law (5 works)