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A tale of dualization: accounting for the partial marketization of regulated savings in France

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As in other countries, regulated savings in France are intricately woven into dense regulatory frameworks driven by explicit governmental objectives. the anticipated marketization of the French economy should have eradicated them; however, a substantial portion of regulated savings has managed to evade this process. is this phenomenon attributable to the tenacious grip of the French state-led tradition? Not entirely, as another subset of these savings has indeed undergone marketization. the landscape of French regulated savings is notably distinguished by a growing dichotomy: on one side, non-marketized products offered by banks, and on the other, increasingly marketized products provided by insurers. Drawing upon process tracing, we contend that these ostensibly conflicting developments emanate from the distinct and precise institutional dependencies between state and private actors in which these products are enmeshed. the prevailing status quo within the banking sector is owed to banks' engagement in a mutually advantageous, long-term exchange of favors with state actors. Faced with the trade-off between offering less lucrative products and risking the endangerment of this relationship, banks have opted for the former. in contrast, an assertive strategy has gained traction in the insurance industry. Yet, strategies for the marketization of regulated savings aligned with state priorities have been implemented, even when insurers expressed opposition.
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hal-04220435 , version 1 (27-09-2023)

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Elsa Clara Massoc, Cyril Benoît. A tale of dualization: accounting for the partial marketization of regulated savings in France. Review of International Political Economy, inPress, ⟨10.1080/09692290.2023.2246989⟩. ⟨hal-04220435⟩
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