National institutional systems’ hybridisation through interdependence. The case of EU-Russia gas relations

Mehdi Abbas (1) , Catherine Locatelli (2)

1 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales
2 GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble

The interdependencies between the EU and its external natural gas suppliers and Russia question the transformative impact of interdependence linked to hybridization processes. Our approach combines theories of institutional change, and French Regulation Theory. These approaches lead to a new look to characterize the way in which the confrontation of two regulatory systems (EU and Russia) is resolved today. The importance of the European market leads however to an adaptation of the Russian governance model for gas exchanges. But it also implies a transformation of the European model. The competitive norm acts as a lever to bring about hybridization of regulations in the Russian gas sector and EU energy policy.

Keywords: relationship between EU and Russia; natural gas exchanges; Institutional hybridization; institutional change

Domains: Economics and Finance

Mehdi Abbas, Catherine Locatelli. National institutional systems’ hybridisation through interdependence. The case of EU-Russia gas relations. Post-Communist Economies, 2020, 32 (4), ⟨10.1080/14631377.2019.1640991⟩. ⟨hal-02272171⟩