Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1835520
International economic policy: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis on think tanks in the press
Fernando Castelló-Sirvent
Vanessa Roger-Monzó
Juan Manuel García-García
Abstract
This study examines the conditions that explain leading think
tanks’ successful strategies for the growth of world media representation of the European Union’s (EU) international economic
policy (N ¼ 19). A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
(fsQCA) was developed throughout 2009–2018, which begins with
the euro crisis. The causal conditions used are: the years of
experience of each think tank; the attributes of its media representation (number of languages in which they spread their messages in the media, thematic concentration, and media
concentration); and the macroeconomic characteristics of the
countries from which they carry out their main activity (competitiveness and belonging to the euro). This data has been obtained
through FactivaVR (Dow Jones & Company#), the Global
Competitiveness Index (World Economic Forum), and the
European Central Bank. The core conditions analysis shows the
importance of the think tank experience and the diversity of languages for their successful strategies. Likewise, the different pathways suggest that the thematic concentration and membership of
the euro are sufficient conditions to explain the increased influence of the EU think tanks on the international public agenda.
Keywords
Think tanks; economic policy; international economics; fsQCA; causal recipes; media representation
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301451
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Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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