The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an Evolutionary Learning Process
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We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the OMC correspond to the behavioral rule "imitate the best." In a redistribution game with utilitarian governments and mobile welfare beneficiaries, we compare the outcomes of imitative behavior (long-run evolutionary equilibrium), decentralized best-response behavior (Nash equilibrium), and coordinated policies. The main result is that the OMC allows policy coordination on a strict subset of the set of Nash equilibria, favoring in particular coordination on intermediate values of the policy instrument.
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Open Method of Coordination, Finite-population Evolutionarily Stable Strategy, Imitation, Mobility, Redistribution, 330, Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik, Open Method of Coordination, Finite-population Evolutionarily Stable Strategy, Imitation, Mobility, Redistribution., Open Method of Coordination, imitation, redistribution, C73, H75, H77, Finite-population Evolutionarily Stable Strategy, Open Method of Coordination, Finite-population Evolutionarily Stable Strategy, imitation, mobility, redistribution, Mobility, Internationale wirtschaftspolitische Koordination, I38, Open Method of Coordination; Finite-population Evolutionarily Stable Strategy; Imitation; Mobility; Redistribution., ddc:330, Evolutionäre Spieltheorie, mobility, 300, EU-Politik, Redistribution., Redistribution, EU-Staaten, Imitation, Theorie, jel: jel:C73, jel: jel:H77, jel: jel:H75, jel: jel:I38
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