International Regime and Counterfactual Analysis: Regulating Transnational \n Corporations

Abstract

由於國際建制的個別特性，使得建制理論有過多解釋項的潛在缺失。反事實分析法能夠剔除建制理論中假的或多餘的解釋。本文以改良後的反事實分析法，研究「跨國公司行為規 \n範」的談判過程。雖然馬克斯主義、建制\\制度理論、以及霸權理論都提供有力的理論和証據，來解釋該談判的失敗。但是經過反事實分析法的檢驗後，只有霸權理論所提出美國政 \n府的決策，才是最重要的因素。其餘兩極解釋皆不成立。

Because of the idiosyncracies of international regimes, the overloading of explanatory variables becomes a potential threat to regime analyses.Counterfactual analysis (CFA) can reject redundant or false theoretical explanations in each regime analysis. After refinement, CFA is then applied to a study of the negotiation of the Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations. Although Marxist, regime/institutionalism, and hegemony theories all provide convincing arguments and evidence to explain the failure of the Code negotiation, CFA points out the paramount importance of the American government`s decision on the issue and rejects the Marxist and regime/ institutionalist explanations.