Institutions, exchange relations, and the emergence of new fields: Regulatory policies and independent power production in America, 1978-1992

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Russo, MV
• 署名单位: University of Oregon
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2667125
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 57-86
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDINGS; density-dependence; Brewing industry; COMPETITION; population; EVOLUTION; DYNAMICS; COOPERATION; integration; legitimacy

摘要

This paper analyzes how a new field, independent (or non-utility) power production, was created by a federal mandate that electric utilities purchase power from private generating sources and how the field was populated. Results show that key rules that state regulatory bodies adopted or rejected regulating exchange between independent power producers and utilities were influential predictors of organizational foundings. Results also show that collective action by independent power producers boosted foundings. Finally, if the preexisting relationship between utilities and regulators was one of accommodation, foundings were suppressed. The paper examines these results in view of economic and sociological perspectives on public policies, spotlighting the vital role of institutions in early population dynamics.