Beyond the Carrot and the Stick: (How) Do State Reporting Procedures Matter?

This paper addresses the question of whether, under which organisational conditions, and through which mechanisms state reporting procedures can contribute to compliance with international rules. Although reporting procedures operate in almost all international regimes and organisations, we know very little about the extent to which and the way in which they matter for increased rule adherence. The proposed paper seeks to address these questions both from a theoretical and empirical point of view by examining the example of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) of the GATT/WTO installed in