Market Mechanisms Journal

Aims and Scope

The mission of Market Mechanisms Journal is to stimulate reflection on the role of market mechanisms in economic development, governance, and institutional regulation. The journal welcomes a wide range of topics organized around the following axes:

• Market functioning and efficiency: studies on price formation, resource allocation, information asymmetries, and market failures; analysis of competitive and non-competitive markets, externalities, and adjustment mechanisms.
• Regulatory policies and competition: antitrust regimes, competition law, financial market supervision, multi-level governance, industrial and trade policies; role of regulators in correcting market imperfections.
• Finance and financial markets: stock exchanges, traditional and derivative financial instruments, international financial integration, banking stability, financial crises, technological innovation (fintech, blockchain, cryptocurrencies), rating agencies, and bond markets.
• Public–private partnerships (PPPs): contractual governance models, risk- and benefit-sharing mechanisms, monitoring and evaluation of PPP effectiveness in infrastructure, education, and health, and their contribution to organizational resilience.
• Emerging and developing markets: institutional and organizational dynamics in transition economies, integration into global value chains, challenges related to inequality, SME financing, and inclusive growth.
• Behavioral and institutional economics: impact of cognitive biases, social norms, and institutional structures on market functioning; economic experiments, neo-institutionalist approaches, and analytical frameworks inspired by economic psychology.
• Sustainability and green innovation: linkages between markets and energy transition, climate policies, circular economy, corporate social responsibility, sustainable finance, and green investments.
• Digital economy and digital markets: role of digital platforms, artificial intelligence, big data, e-commerce, collaborative economy; regulation of technological monopolies and new forms of competition in the digital economy.
• Innovation, competitiveness, and territories: dynamics of clusters and industrial districts, role of innovation networks, business competitiveness in a globalized context, interaction between organizational innovation and public policies.
• International and interdisciplinary comparisons: cross-regional studies comparing market mechanisms in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America; openness to contributions from neighboring disciplines such as law, political science, sociology, and management.